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Boston Bun, my way.

A delicious and very moreish fruit bun with a surprising ingredient in the icing!
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Course: Sweet Bread
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 280 g water
  • 2 1/2 tsp yeast
  • 2 Tbsp powdered milk
  • 45 g cubed butter
  • 65 g raw sugar
  • 500 g bread flour
  • 2 tsp bread improver or 2 tsp white vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 80 g sultanas
  • 80 g currants
ICING
  • 75 g butter cubed
  • 75 g copha room temp, cubed
  • 300 g icing sugar
  • 40 g milk
  • 10 g vanilla paste
  • Coconut to top

Method
 

  1. Weigh water into Thermomix bowl.
  2. Add yeast, powdered milk and sugar.
  3. Warm 3 min/37/speed 2.
  4. Add remaining ingredients, except fruit.
  5. Knead 7 min.
  6. Leave to rise in the bowl until it reaches the top - this may take an hour or so.
  7. Turn out on to a floured bench.
  8. Press out to a large circle with floured fingers.
  9. Sprinkle half the sultanas and currants over. Bring in edges and fold in to enclose fruit.
  10. Press out again to a large circle.
  11. Sprinkle remaining fruit over the top and bring edges in again to enclose fruit.
  12. Turn over and shape by turning and tucking under until the dough has a nice tight top. Poke any fruit back in.
  13. Place onto a large baking tray and cover with a damp cloth.
  14. Leave in a warm place for at least an hour or until doubled in size.
  15. Part way through preheat oven to 180 degrees.
  16. Once ready to bake place into oven and spray oven with water.
  17. Bake for 35 - 40 minutes or until the bread is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped.
ICING
  1. Place icing ingredients (except coconut) into mixing bowl and mix 6 min/sp 3.
  2. Insert butterfly. Whip 2 min/sp 3.
  3. Spread over cooled bread and sprinkle with coconut if desired.