Cranberry swirl bun mildly flavoured with fresh ginger
Bread & Bun

Cranberry swirl bun mildly flavoured with fresh ginger

By Shano Biju May 30, 2016

These colourful swirl buns are soft and mildly sweet . Fresh ginger is added for extra flavor.

Prep 50 mins
Cook 20 mins

Ingredients

Ingredients for the dough

  • 2 cups All purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Instant dry yeast
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 8 tsp Fresh cream
  • 3/4 cup Warm Milk
  • 5 1/2 tbsp Milk powder
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil

Ingredients for cranberry filling

  • 1/3 cup Dried cranberries
  • 1/2 cup Water to soak cranberry
  • 1/4 cup Dried cranberry (chopped)
  • 1 tsp Corn flour
  • 1 tbsp Water
  • 2 1/2 tbsp Sugar
  • Raspberry food colour
  • 1/4 tsp Ginger paste

Directions

Method for cranberry filling

1

Soak 1/3 cup of cranberries in 1/2 cup of water for half an hour . Do not discard the water. Use it to grind the cranberries into a thick paste .

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2

In a saucepan ,mix cranberry puree , ginger paste ,sugar, cornflour and 1/4 cup of chopped cranberry,

3

Heat it and keep stirring until it is thick. Add a drop of raspberry red colour if needed . Turn off the heat and allow it to cool .Keep it aside .

For the dough

1

Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt, fresh cream and milk powder well .

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2

Add luke warm milk and knead for about 5-6 minutes.

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3

Add oil and knead for another 4-5 minutes .

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4

Knead well until the dough is smooth and elastic. Shape it into a ball .

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5

Apply oil on the dough and transfer it into a well oiled bowl . Wait for the first rise .Let it double in size .

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6

Meanwhile line the muffin tin with cupcake liners .

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7

Gently punch down the dough and knead for a minute or two .

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8

Using a rolling pin ,roll the dough into rectangle shape .

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9

Spread the cranberry filling evenly .

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10

Roll it tightly .

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11

Slice it into two equal parts .

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12

Then further slice it into 12 equal sized pieces .

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13

Transfer the dough into the cupcake liners and place the liners in the muffun tray .Wait for the second rise .

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14

Meanwhile pre heat the oven at 180 degree C with both top and the bottom rods on .

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15

Cover the muffin tin with aluminum foil and place it on the bottom rack . Bake for 12 minutes .Take the tray out and remove the aluminum foil . Apply milk and keep the tray back into the oven and bake for another 3-4 minutes .

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16

Take the buns out and apply butter .

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Tags

#homebakes #buns #soulfulbakes