Although I loved these buns as a child and still do I have never looked into their history so I had to look it up just to see all about this wonderful bun and I came across this excerpt from wikipedia about Chelsea buns
The Chelsea bun is a type of currant bun that was first created in the 18th century at the Bun House in Chelsea, an establishment favoured by Hanoverian royalty, which was demolished in 1839.
The bun is made of a rich yeast dough flavoured with lemon peel, cinnamon or mixedspice. Prior to being rolled into a square spiral shape the dough is spread with a mixture of currants, brown sugar and butter. The process of making this bun is very similar to that involved in producing the cinnamon roll. After being cooked traditionally the chelsea bun is glazed with cold water and sugar. It is glazed while still hot so the water evaporates and leaves a sticky sugar glaze, making the bun much sweeter.
This great recipe is brought to you courtesy of Paul Hollywood From The Great British Bake Off on bbc website , thanks for sharing this great recipe with us
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