English Toasted Teacakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

400 g plain white flour
12 g salt
40 g sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
50 g butter
25 g dried yeast
220 ml water
80 g sultanas
60 g mixed peel
1 egg, lightly beaten

Preparation

In a large bowl place the flour, salt, sugar, cinnamon, butter and yeast.
Add the water and mix together to form a dough. Knead for 2 minutes and then transfer the dough to a floured work surface. Knead the dough for a further 5 minutes then place back in the bowl for 1 hour to rise.
Add the sultanas and mixed peel and divide the dough into 80g pieces, shape them into balls and using a rolling pin flatten them out to 1cm thick.
Place the teacakes onto a greased baking tray and leave to rise for a further hour.
Set the oven to 375\u00b0F
Brush the teacakes with beaten egg and bake for 15 minutes.
Once cool, serve toasted with loads of butter!