Paris Buns
Paris Buns. Not quite a scone. Not quite a cake. Just a soft, sweet bread-like cake topped with pearl sugar. Perfect with a cup of tea!
Ingredients
- 8 oz or 225g plain flour/all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- 4 oz or 110g unsalted butter
- 4 oz or 110g sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2 fl oz or 60ml milk
- pearl sugar/coarse sugar crystals for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F/190C.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
- Next, cut the butter into small cubes and rub into the flour mixture until it resembles breadcrumbs. Then stir in the sugar.
- Beat the egg, milk and vanilla together in a small bowl, then add to the rest of the mix and combine until you have a stiff dough.
- Divide the dough into six equal sized pieces and shape, with floured hands, into flat rounds about 3in/7.5cm across.
- Place on a lined baking sheet and brush with beaten egg or milk. Sprinkle with coarse sugar. They will spread a little during baking, so don’t put them too close together.
- Bake at 375F/190C for 15-20 minutes, until golden.