Chelsea Buns - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tbsp active dry yeast
3 tsp granulated sugar
5 cups flour
1 1/2 cups milk, warmed
1 cup dried currants
1 tsp finely grated lemon peel
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 None egg
8 tbsp (1 stick) butter, melted
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp milk, approximately

Preparation

Combine milk, yeast and 1 tsp each of the granulated sugar and flour in medium bowl. Cover; let stand in warm place about 10 mins or until mixture is frothy.
Place currants in small saucepan and add water to cover; bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Cover and set aside for 15 mins. Drain currants well; combine in small bowl with lemon peel and cinnamon.
Whisk egg into yeast mixture. Sift remaining flour into large bowl; stir in yeast mixture. Cover; let stand in warm place about 40 mins or until dough has doubled in size.
Knead dough on floured surface 3 mins or until smooth. Roll dough into 16 x 12-inch rectangle. Brush with a quarter of the butter; sprinkle with a third of the brown sugar.
Grease deep 9-inch square baking pan. Fold one end of the dough to come two-thirds of the way up dough, fold over top third to cover first fold. Turn dough halfway around to have open ends facing you.
Roll dough into 16 x 12-inch rectangle. Repeat folding as before, using same amount of butter and brown sugar. Turn dough halfway round; roll to 16 x 12-inch rectangle. Brush dough with half the remaining butter; sprinkle with remaining brown sugar and currant mixture.
Roll dough firmly from long side into a log. Cut dough evenly into nine pieces. Place buns, cut-side up, in prepared pan; sprinkle with remaining granulated sugar. Let stand, uncovered, in warm place about 20 mins or until buns have risen slightly.
Preheat the oven to 400\u00b0F. Drizzle buns with remaining butter.
Bake, uncovered, 5 mins. Reduce temperature to 350\u00b0F. Bake about 25 mins or until golden brown.
Meanwhile, for the icing, sift powdered sugar into a medium bowl. Stir in enough milk to form a thin, smooth paste. Tint with pink food color.
Remove buns onto wire rack. Drizzle a little icing onto each bun; cool.