High Tea Buns
High Tea Buns Don’t you just love the name for these delicious bites? My sister found this old recipe on a scrappy bit of paper, while clearing out a bag of clippings from her long passed away mother in law. These buns are so good! I used a small jar of Coleman’s Bramley Apple sauce x 2. Very smooth, so perfect for these buns. You will need 2 x 12 hole bun tin trays each hole lined with a paper case. Pre heat your fan oven to 160C. Makes 24 buns. Easily halved. 4 oz butter 4 oz caster sugar 2 large eggs 9 os plain flour 1 level teaspoonful baking powder 1 level teaspoonful cinnamon 3-4 oz currants 2-3 oz glace cherries, quartered 7-8 oz tin apple purée [or ¾lb cooking apples, cooked and puréed] In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, beating well between each addition. Using a metal spoon, fold in all the dry ingredients. cherries and currants, alternatively with the apple purée. Divide the mixture between the bun cases, filling each case two thirds ...