Instructions

DIRECTIONS

First prepare the glaze/syrup.

Step 1 :

Boil the sugar, water for 8-10 minutes on a medium heat until it is slightly thickened. Remove from the heat and add the lemon juice. Mix and set aside to cool completely.

For the Bread:

Step 1 :

Sieve the flour, then add milk, sugar, yeast and salt. Then add butter, vanilla, baking powder and mix together. combine all liquid and dry ingredients. Start kneading together until your dough is nice and soft. Knead for a good 8-10 minutes. The more you knead it the softer the buns will be.

Step 2 :

Touch a bit of oil with your fingertips and apply all over the ball of dough. Cover in a bowl and set aside for 1-2 hours or till the dough is doubled in size.

Step 3 :

Punch it down, and break off tiny bits of dough. Take each piece of dough, and stretch it out with your fingers, then add a small piece of cheese in its center. Bring the edges together and form a ball so that the cheese is completely enclosed within the dough. Repeat this with all the dough.

Step 4 :

Grease your baking form with butter or oil. Place the balls of dough in a ‘honeycomb’ pattern.

Step 5 :

Brush the “honeycomb” with egg wash on the balls, preheat your oven to 180 C and bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until the bread is nice and golden on top.

Step 6 :

Remove from the oven and pour your syrup all over the hot bread. Remember that the syrup needs to be cool and the bread needs to be steaming hot straight from the oven. Turn it out and place on a rack to cool and for the syrup to glaze slightly.