Apple & Sultana Teacakes

Subtly spiced buns studded with apples and sultanas. These Apple & Sultana Teacakes are irresistible toasted and slathered with butter!

📝 Ingredients

• 500 g strong white flour
• 7 g salt
• 60 g caster sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon (heaped)
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• 14 g instant yeast
• 50 g unsalted butter (softened)
• 300 ml semi skimmed milk (slightly warmed)
• 100 g sultanas
• 50 g dried apple
• 1 egg (beaten)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Add 500g flour into your mixer and add 14g yeast to one side of the bowl and 60g sugar, 7g salt, 1 tsp cinnamon and ½ tsp mixed spice to the other.
2. 2Add 50g of butter and 300ml of warmed milk. Mix briefly by hand with the dough hook
3. 3Set the mixer to a medium speed and knead the dough for 5 - 10 minutes. You may need to pull the dough from around the hook if it gets stuck to make sure it keeps getting kneaded
4. 4Once the dough is soft and smooth and springs back when touched, cover it with a tea towel and leave to prove until it has doubled in size. This should take 1-2 hours
5. 5Line 2 baking trays with baking paper or silicone mats. Uncover the dough and knock back the dough by punching it with your fists. Add 100g sultanas and 50g dried apple. Start mixing them into the dough in the bowl before turning the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and kneading for a minute or so to fully incorporate the fruit
6. 6Divide the dough into 10 equal portions and roll into balls. I try to make sure there aren't any uncovered sultanas on the top of each bun
7. 7Place 5 teacakes on each baking tray making sure there is space around each. Using your palm, press down on each teacake slightly to create the typical teacake shape
8. 8Cover the teacakes with a tea towel and leave to prove for another hour
9. 9Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan assisted, 200ºC non fan). Brush each teacake with the beaten egg. I do this twice.
10. 10Bake the teacakes for 13-15 minutes until they are golden and sound hollow when tapped
11. 11Leave to cool on a wire rack. Serve toasted with lots of butter