Adventures with bread dough

newlywed

Well I used the Delia white loaf recipe to make one 1lb loaf and the rest I rolled out flat, spread with melted marge, sprinkled with sugar, cinnamon, raisins and then rolled up and cut into rounds (like thritflady suggests as bread whirls).

OH didn't believe I made them, he thought I'd bought them

Thanks thriftlady - though my waistline may not be thanking you later

janiebaby29

OOooh off to make those fruit whirl things . proper name is chelsea buns !!

newlywed

janiebaby29 wrote: »

OOooh off to make those fruit whirl things . proper name is chelsea buns !!

Yeah but I thought chelsea buns had a slightly different dough recipe than normal bread? Thought it was sweeter and softer than the ones I've made?

Yup proper chelsea buns definitely have a different dough recipe http://www.hovisflour.co.uk/recipe/showrec10.htm

janiebaby29

hubbie has decided he wants the apple braid , but i only want one as there's only 2 of us .
do i just halve everything ??

thriftlady_2

janiebaby29 wrote: »

hubbie has decided he wants the apple braid , but i only want one as there's only 2 of us .
do i just halve everything ??

Yes, of course;) Or make two and freeze the other one.

janiebaby29

thriftlady wrote: »

Yes, of course;) Or make two and freeze the other one.

could do , but am worried that i will demolish the 2nd one !!
how on earth do you measure out the butter ??

zippychick

janiebaby29 wrote: »

could do , but am worried that i will demolish the 2nd one !!
how on earth do you measure out the butter ??

with a tablespoon?

Sorry that's not helpful:rotfl:

Just googled and found a butter converter

it suggests 4 tbspns would be 56.7 grammes, or half = 28.35g. Does that help? I keep my butter at room temp, so it is easy enough to measure using a spoon (if you keep it in the fridge, i assume that's what's making you wonder?!)

Let us know how you get on.

janiebaby29

i can indeed confirm , the apple braid loaf is indeed scrummy !!!!
Hubbie is waiting till after dinner for his bit !!

janiebaby29

mardatha

Can you freeze dough ? Or keep it in the fridge for a couple of days ??