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1 teaspoon dried yeast
150 ml oat milk
25g honey
40g (vegetable) butter
150g spelt flour
100g spelt flour, wholemeal
½ teaspoon salt
Decoration
almonds
raisins
For Michaelmas, we are baking mini dragon buns this year. They baked the monsters at school with Miss last year, so they know exactly how to do it. It works beautifully. The little dragons look dangerous with their almond scales and raisin eyes!
How to make mini dragon buns
Stir the yeast into a little warm water and set aside.
Stir the flour with spelt flour and salt until combined.
Put the milk with honey and butter in a small saucepan.
Wait and stir until the butter has melted.
Make a well in the flour mixture and pour the yeast in it.
Then also add the melted butter mixture to the flour.
Fold it all together briefly in the bowl.
Knead it for 10 minutes by hand.
Grease a large, clean bowl lightly with olive oil.
Shape a ball out of dough and place it in the bowl.
Wet a clean tea towel with warm water and wring it out.
Cover the bowl with the tea towel and allow the dough to rise for 1½ - 2 hours in a warm spot until doubled in volume
Remove the risen dough from the bowl.
Knead it briefly.
Divide it into 6 pieces of approximately 100g.
Shape 6 little dragons out of dough.
Cover with a warm towel and let rise for 30 minutes more.
Press almond scales and raisin eyes into the dragons.
Preheat the oven to 225°C and place a tray with water in the bottom of the oven
Allow the Dragon buns to cool on the baking tray.
And here comes George ... better watch out Dragons!
Wishing you a wonderful Michealmas!