BOSTON BUN

with yeast and potato


with or without bread machine

200 ml potato water (cooking water-at room temp)
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 3⁄4 cups white bread flour
1 1⁄2 cups cold mashed potatoes(no milk or butter etc)
1 tablespoon nonfat dry milk powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons dried yeast

1 1/2 cups mixed fruit

place the potato, water, oil and sugar into the bread maker tin.

add the flour, milk powder, cinnamon, salt and lastly the yeast.

set bread maker to dough setting.  when machine has been kneading for 12 minutes,
add the mixed fruit.

when the bread maker has finished, tip the dough out onto a floured board.
it's very sticky.

knead a few times with well floured hands, incorporating some flour if needed.

place dough into a greased 24 cm. cake tin.  cover with a tea towel and
put in a warm place to rise for 1 hour.


heat oven to 180 c.

cook for 20 minutes or until brown on top and hollow sounding when you
tap it.

turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

ice.

ICING

375 grams icing sugar, sieved
75 grams softened butter
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 tablespoons hot water

dessicated coconut

beat icing sugar, butter, cinnamon and  hot water in a bowl until thick and pale (2-3 minutes),
spread over cooled bun, sprinkle with coconut.

serve with butter.

NO BREAD MACHINE

can be made using an electric mixer with a dough hook.


place the potato, water, oil and sugar into the bread maker tin.

add the flour, milk powder, cinnamon, salt and lastly the yeast.

beat with normal beaters/paddle beaters till  combined then transfer to dough hook.

mix for 5 minutes then add the fruit.  beat for  another 7 minutes
then remove bowl from machine and cover with a teatowel. let rise for 1 hour
then tip out on to a floured board.  follow rest of above instructions.