Easta Bun

[Green_Biscuit]

Re: Easta Bun

Arjen, here is G2's from the archives:

Jamaican Spiced Bun

1 bottle beer or stout (i use beer)
1 teaspoon mixed spice (optional,but good)
1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 Teaspoon ground mace
OR
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground ANISE SEED (a must)
11/2 cups brown sugar
1 desert-spoon butter or margarine
1 desert-spoon honey

Place these 9 ingredients in a saucepan and heat on low temp. until it all melts.

ALLOW TO COOL.

1 cup raisins

add to cooled beer mixture

2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 desert-spoon browning

Add these 3 ingredients to cooled beer mixture

ADD

2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

TO

3 cups flour

Add the cooled beer mixture to the flour mixture bake at 350'
Set timer for 50 mins.depending on your oven, check doneness with a cake tester at approximately 45 minutes.

Turn out of tin and brush with 2 tablespoon of honey diluted with 1 teaspoon water.

now dats de bomb, fi real....enjoy

[Green_Biscuit]

Re: Easta Bun

Okay, I have two questions for Jamaican cooks:

What is a dessert spoon? Is that a tablespoon?

Browning...in the past I have substituted something like Kitchen Bouquet or the like....is that what is really required here? I wish I would remember to buy "browning" in the market in JA!

[tsophra]

Re: Easta Bun

thnx..GB [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

beer or stout? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Dessert spoon is likkle spoon, man
what you would use to eat dessert at a properly laid out table [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Green_Biscuit]

Re: Easta Bun

Well, I would call that a teaspoon (I set a proper table!), and I have seen G2 use that in recipes, so that is why I thought it might be different. I imagine Guinness would be the beer of choice here?

[tsophra]

Re: Easta Bun

Dessert spoon — between tablespoon and teaspoon in size
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon

Guiness Stout should be easy to fine..but so should Dragon Stout

Not familiar with Kitchen Bouquet..we use browning purchased here..

[niceniss]

Re: Easta Bun

why didnt u link to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessert_spoon

[tsophra]

Re: Easta Bun

figured I'd leave summen for you to do [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[julie*mango]

Re: Easta Bun

I baked some buns the other day to give to my friends and relatives. I ended up using my mom's old recipe and it came out better than nuff a dem in di stores now.

[Snuggles]

Re: Easta Bun

Skells....can you share your recipe? please

[julie*mango]

Re: Easta Bun

Makes about 3-4 good sized buns.

BUN RECIPE

3 cups brown sugar
2 bottles stout
4 ozs. Margarine
4 ozs. Honey or wet sugar
4 ozs. Molasses

Boil together the above ingredients for 3 minutes until butter is melted.
Allow to cool and add 2 ozs. vanilla when cool.


8 cups flour
8 tsps. Baking powder
1 tsp. salt (if butter is not salted)
Cinnamon
Mixed fruits

Add fruits to dry ingredients
Add three (3) beaten eggs
Add liquid to dry ingredients and mix
Decorate top with cherries after pouring in tin
Bake at 350 degrees for one (1) hour

After the bun is baked, glaze top with wine

[Snuggles]

Re: Easta Bun

wow that was fast...thanks girl!

[SweetLips]

Re: Easta Bun

I'm gonna try this tomorrow....love the wine part!

[niceniss]

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figured I'd leave summen for you to do [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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sweet u, that little dig, noh true? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] admit it man! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70388-shameonyou.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

[Snuggles]

Re: Easta Bun

Skells...I made your bun (1/2 size) on the weekend and it was great [img]/forums/images/graemlins/bannana_purple.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/bannana_purple.gif[/img]

[julie*mango]

Re: Easta Bun

That's great! Email me a slice nuh! Mine dun [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]