This weekend, as many before, a cloud of flour lingered over my kitchen as I donned my floral apron and busied myself with the creation of my latest tasty treats – jam buns. The reason I love baking so much is I have a ridiculously sweet tooth. I constantly need something on hand to satiate my cravings. I do not relish shop-bought cakes and such, I like to know what is in my food and ultimately home-baked confection is a lot more tasty.
The recipe: makes 12-16 buns
8oz self-raising flour
4oz butter, softened
(whizz the flour and butter together until like breadcrumbs)
4oz caster sugar
1 egg
(combine together until into a soft dough)
Once the mixture is combined, take small sections and roll them into a ball between your hands. The next stage is optional but I like to roll the buns in brown sugar and oats. The mixture will be quite sticky so the oats and sugar easily coat the sweet golden globes. Arrange them on a well floured baking tray, leaving ample room between the buns as they will spread, and then indent them with a little hole. I use the end of a wooden spoon, dipped in flour and then twisted into the dough, about half way through. Fill the buns with the fruity conserve of your choice, I opted for raspberry. Place your buns in the oven (180 degrees c) for 10-12 minutes…et voila…
They are not the most delicate of morsels but my word, they are scrumptious! You cannot beat this classic English fare with a cup of tea in the afternoon.
Yum! Will be giving these a go for sure 🙂 x
This is making me hungry! Looks gorgeous hun xx
Yummy yummy yummy iv got love in my tummy lol.x
I cannot wait to try these! 😀 x
This looks delicious! & I don't even like jam!
Mmm they look delicious <3
my sister and i are dying here!! xxx
When I saw the post title I got excited and thought you were having a baby lool! You are such a fab cook<3
Clever you 🙂 They look scrumpcious! So when are you bringing me a batch round then…?
🙂
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they look scrummy x
I love this post, i will note that receipe down as it looks delicious. I just have one complain…I would put nutella instead of marmelade!
I totally agree, I would much rather eat my home baking than buy shop bought cakes/biscuits, the problem comes when I make a batch of 12 without noone but me and my fiance to eat them!
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Oh my goodness, they look gorgeous! My mouth is watering, haha!x
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mmmm these look so yummy 🙂 you bake lovely treats you should open a cafe I would definatley come and buy a cupcake or three! X
These look gorgeous! Looks like I'm going to be doing some baking this weekend 😀
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Oh Milly these look absolutely gorgeous – I will definitely be giving these a go at some point this week 🙂 may substitute the jam for something like choc spread though 😉 XX
I love your baking posts! Looks so scrumtious. I'm going to try this out next time!
you make such lovely little things Milly 🙂 xo
wow these look so yummy! you've made me so hungry now i'm going to have to go raid the kitchen with sugar on my mind! x
Oh my goodness! These look so delicious! I'm going to have to try out this recipe!
oooo yummy!!! and they look so easy to do 😀
I also thought you were pregnant when you put "bun in the oven" as a blog post title hehe x x
They look lovely, will definitely be trying these out!
hungry is an understatement!
I will give this recipe a go!
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These sound delightful!!! Must try!
Katie x
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My mouth is watering! These look so yummy and easy to make that I'll probably have to try my hand at them! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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these look so tasty! x
They look ridiculously yummy Milly! xx
u made me hungry 🙂 NOM NOM NOM
They look so good Milly, I love the idea of rolling them in brown sugar too!
I'll definitely be giving them a go 🙂 xx
These look delicious!
I'll have to have a go at making these myself…I love baking! 🙂
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Yep, definitely have to make these some time!!
Hmmm…could chocolate be used as a substitute? I'm not a jam fan, might make them for the boy though! xx
Oh my goodness this looks amaaaazing! And I like the before comment about substituing jam for chocolate- i'm totally trying that! 🙂
They look sooooooo yummy xx
Oh my!! I made these buns this evening while waiting for Masterchef to start. So quick to make. They are YUMMY! x
Eek these look so delicious, what a good cook you are! Will have to give these a bash for my next baking session x