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Friday, March 15, 2013
Rimbo Buns
These are fabulous little buns - not at all like gooey cinnamon buns, but sweet and vanilla-y, and so easy to make. They only need to rise once, which makes them much easier to bake than regular buns. They're perfect with a cup of coffee, and I think they'd keep well in the freezer but I haven't - ahem - had a chance to save any...
I used cheap, store-bought vanilla sugar for these, but if you want to make them a little more upscale, substitute with a scraped out vanilla bean. (Half in the dough, half in the filling.)
Rimbo Buns
makes 20-25
25 g fresh yeast
200 ml cold milk
200 g butter, at room temperature
2 tbsp sugar
2 tsp vanilla sugar
600 ml all-purpose flour
Filling:
75 g butter
2 tbsp sugar
2 tsp vanilla sugar
Eggwash:
1 egg, beaten
Garnish:
100 ml powdered sugar
1 tbsp water
Crumble the yeast in a bowl. Add the milk and stir. Add butter, sugar, vanilla sugar and flour, and work into a smooth dough.
Roll out the dough - this is surprisingly easy - into a large square, about 40 by 40 cm. Do this on a lightly floured surface. Cut small squares, about 8x8 cm.
Stir together all ingredients for the filling. Place a small spoon of filling on each square, and fold up all corners towards the middle. Pinch together. Place each bun in a small foil cup (or muffin liner) and place on a baking sheet. Leave to rise, covered with a towel, for two hours.
Brush with eggwash and bake at 250° for 6-8 minutes. Let the buns cool completely, before stirring together the powdered sugar and water, and glazing the buns.
These look delicious. Never seen or heard of little buns like these. Love how vanilla is the star flavour
ReplyDeleteI couldn't resist making the rimbo buns right away. I added cinnamon to the filling. While they baked, the house smelled so wonderfully of cinnamon and vanilla sugar. My husband decided that maple syrup would be a good topping. He says no need to freeze any of them - he'll be taking care of them quickly.
ReplyDeleteTack!