Chelsea Buns with Apricot Glaze

Over the bank holiday weekend I felt like baking something a bit different from my usual fare (i.e. cakes), and found this interesting looking recipe for chelsea buns on the BBC website. As ever, I made some minor modifications; I used different (and fewer) dried fruits. It also included orange peel which sounded lovely but I omitted as I had no oranges, and found out the hard way that you can't zest a clementine. Finally, I omitted the icing sugar as Pete doesn't like it, so you might want to add that if you like it. This recipe makes around 9 - 10 buns. They also freeze very well; me and Pete have been eating these buns all this week (although sadly we've now run out) and they still taste quite fresh.

This recipe does take a bit of time as you need to wait for the dough to rise, so it's a good Sunday afternoon/bank holiday recipe.