Sally Lunn Tea Bread Original Food

SALLY LUNN BREAD

Steps:

• Combine yeast and warm water in a bowl; let stand for 5 minutes.
• Combine milk and next 3 ingredients in a saucepan; heat until shortening melts. Allow to cool to 105° to 115°.
• Combine yeast mixture, milk mixture, and egg in a large mixing bowl; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until well blended. Gradually, add flour, beating at the lowest speed until blended. (Mixture will be a sticky, soft dough.).
• Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, for 1 hour or until the dough has doubled in bulk.
• Stir the dough down; cover and let rise* (rise #2) for 30 minutes or until dough has doubled. *(warm place (85°), free from drafts).
• Stir dough down, and spoon into a well-greased, 6-cup Bundt pan (OR 9-in. square pan). Cover and let rise* (rise #3) 20 to 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
• Bake in Bundt at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown (approx. 30 minutes for 9-in square pan). Remove from pan immediately.

SALLY LUNN

Steps:

• In a large liquid measuring cup, mix together yeast, sugar, and water; let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place milk and butter in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat until butter is melted. Remove from heat and let stand until mixture is lukewarm (110 to 115 degrees).
• In a large bowl, mix together flour and salt. Add milk mixture to flour mixture. Stir eggs into yeast mixture and add to flour mixture; stir until a stiff dough forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let stand in a cool place until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Butter a Pullman loaf pan measuring 13 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches across the top and 12 3/4 by 3 3/4 inches across the bottom. Deflate dough by beating down with a wooden spoon for about 1 minute. Transfer dough to prepared loaf pan; cover and let rise until dough reaches top of pan, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Uncover dough and transfer to oven; bake until bread is dark and golden on top and sounds hollow when tapped with your knuckles, 40 to 45 minutes.
• Remove pan from oven and turn bread out onto a wire rack; serve warm or let cool, if desired.

SALLY LUNN TEA BREAD - ORIGINAL RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425f, grease a 6 inch deep cake tin.
• Combine all the batter ingredients in a bowl, beat until smooth and leave in a warm place until it goes frothy.
• Add all the dough ingredients to the batter and stir until smooth. Pour batter into the tin, cover and leave until doubled in size.
• Bake uncovered for 35 minutes, until golden brown.
• Turn out on wire rack and leave to cool.
• This mixture can be made as one large loaf, or as smaller buns which can be split and toasted.

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Steps:

• Soften yeast in lukewarm water.
• Scald milk; add butter, sugar and salt.
• Cool to lukewarm and add softened yeast and beaten eggs.
• Add flour and mix well.
• Cover and let rise until light.
• While rising, grease muffin pans.
• Beat the batter well and fill muffin cups 2/3 full; let rise again.
• While rising, preheat oven to 375°F.
• Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes.
• Serve hot.

QUICK SALLY LUNN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat yolks with 1/2 cup sugar. Add flour, baking powder and salt to sugar mixture alternately with milk. Add butter.
• Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into batter.
• Pour into greased loaf pan.
• Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar on top.
• Bake 40-45 minutes.

GOLDEN TEA BUNS (SALLY LUNN BUNNS)

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat the cream with the butter over low heat until the butter is melted. Pour the mixture into a large bowl and let it cool to lukewarm.
• Stir in the yeast, sugar, and salt and let the mixture stand for 5 minutes, or until foamy.
• Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and add the flour, about 1 cup at a time, beating after each addition until the batter is smooth.
• Let the batter rise, covered with a kitchen towel, in a warm place for 3 hours, or until it is double in bulk.
• Beat the batter well to deflate it and divide it among 24 buttered or paper-lined 1/2-cup muffin tins, filling each tin about halfway.
• With buttered fingers smooth the tops. Let the buns rise, covered with a kitchen towel, in a warm place for 1 hour, or until they are double in bulk.
• Bake the buns in the middle of a preheated 375°F oven for 12-17 minutes, or until tester comes out clean and the buns are golden. Serve warm.