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Easter Egg Buns

Easter means more than hot cross buns! It also means Easter Eggs Buns, a decadent treat filled and topped with lots of chocolate.
Photo of Easter Egg Buns

Ingredients

  • 4 teaspoons dried yeast
  • 1/4 cup caster sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups milk, warm
  • 4 cups plain flour
  • 2 tablespoons mixed spice
  • 1 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 60 grams butter
  • 1 egg
  • 24 soft-centred chocolate balls
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons caster sugar

Chocolate Sauce

  • 200 grams dark chocolate, chopped
  • 1/2 cup pouring cream
  • 4 teaspoons dried yeast
  • 1/4 cup caster sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups milk, warm
  • 4 cups plain flour
  • 2 tablespoons mixed spice
  • 1 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 60 grams butter
  • 1 egg
  • 24 soft-centred chocolate balls
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons caster sugar

Chocolate Sauce

  • 200 grams dark chocolate, chopped
  • 1/2 cup pouring cream

Method

  1. Step 1 of 8
    In a small bowl, combine yeast, sugar and milk. Cover, and stand in a warm place for 10 minutes or until mixture is frothy.
  2. Step 2 of 8
    In a large bowl, sift flour and spices, and rub in butter. Stir in yeast mixture and egg; mix to a soft sticky dough. Cover with plastic wrap. Stand in a warm place for 45 minutes or until the dough has doubled in size.
  3. Step 3 of 8
    Grease a 20cm x 30cm rectangular slice pan and line base with baking paper.
  4. Step 4 of 8
    Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced)
  5. Step 5 of 8
    Turn dough onto lightly floured surface, and divide dough into 24 portions. Press a chocolate ball into each portion; enclose balls in dough. Shape into rounds; place rounds in pan. Cover; stand in warm place for 5 minutes or until risen slightly.
  6. Step 6 of 8
    Place in oven and bake buns for 20 minutes.
  7. Step 7 of 8
    Meanwhile, lightly beat egg white and caster sugar in a small bowl. Brush egg white mixture over buns
  8. Step 8 of 8
    To make the chocolate sauce, stir cream and chocolate in a medium bowl over a saucepan of simmering water until smooth. Serve warm buns with chocolate sauce.

Nutrition per serving

935 Kilojoules
Protein4 grams
Fat9 grams
Carbs30 grams
Sugars14 grams
Dietary and nutritional info supplied by NZ Nutrition Foundation

Method

  1. Step 1 of 8
    In a small bowl, combine yeast, sugar and milk. Cover, and stand in a warm place for 10 minutes or until mixture is frothy.
  2. Step 2 of 8
    In a large bowl, sift flour and spices, and rub in butter. Stir in yeast mixture and egg; mix to a soft sticky dough. Cover with plastic wrap. Stand in a warm place for 45 minutes or until the dough has doubled in size.
  3. Step 3 of 8
    Grease a 20cm x 30cm rectangular slice pan and line base with baking paper.
  4. Step 4 of 8
    Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced)
  5. Step 5 of 8
    Turn dough onto lightly floured surface, and divide dough into 24 portions. Press a chocolate ball into each portion; enclose balls in dough. Shape into rounds; place rounds in pan. Cover; stand in warm place for 5 minutes or until risen slightly.
  6. Step 6 of 8
    Place in oven and bake buns for 20 minutes.
  7. Step 7 of 8
    Meanwhile, lightly beat egg white and caster sugar in a small bowl. Brush egg white mixture over buns
  8. Step 8 of 8
    To make the chocolate sauce, stir cream and chocolate in a medium bowl over a saucepan of simmering water until smooth. Serve warm buns with chocolate sauce.

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