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Honey Buns
These sweet and tasty traditional Scottish buns are super easy to make and the perfect tea time treat
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp honey runny stuff
- 50 g sugar
- 50 g butter
- 115 g plain allpurpose flour
- 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda
- 25 g walnuts chopped
- 25 g ground almonds
- 1/2 orange zest grated
- 1 egg beaten
Topping
- 230 g icing sugar
- 2 tbsp cream cheese
- 6 walnuts walnut halves to decorate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4
- Place cupcake liners in 6 hole muffin tin
- In a small pan gently heat the sugar, honey and butter until all the sugar has completely dissolved. Let this cool for 5 minutes.
- Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl and add chopped walnuts, ground almonds and the orange zest.
- Stir the beaten egg into the cooled sugar mixture and slowly pour this into the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Spoon into the muffin cases until each is about 2/3rds full.
- Bake for approximately 15 minutes or until puffy and golden brown in colour.
- Remove from oven and let them sit in the tin for 5 minutes before tipping on to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To make the topping sift the icing sugar into a bowl and stir in the cream cheese one tablespoon at a time. It is up to you how much you use, just depends how you like your frosting.
- Spoon on top of the honeybuns and top with a walnut half.
Nutrition
Calories: 380kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 5gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 128mgPotassium: 84mgFiber: 2gSugar: 55gVitamin A: 124IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 1mg
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