Plain Buns (Rubbing-in method)

Standard Recipe

Ingredients

• 100g plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• 50g Fat
• 50g Sugar
• 1/2 egg + milk (2 tablespoon of mixture)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method

1. Heat up oven. (200 Degree Celsius / Gas Reg. 7)
2. Grease a patty tin cases or use paper cases for these cakes.
3. Sift flour, salt and baking powder into a big bowl.
4. Add sugar into the sifted mixture.
5. Rub the *fat with the fingertips into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
   
6. Pour in the beaten egg, milk and vanilla essence.
7. Stir to a dropping consistency.
8. Fill the mixture into patty tins or paper cases (**three quarters fulls)
9. Bake it in the preheated oven on the middle shelf of temperature 200 Degree Celsius or Gas Reg. 7 for 5 minutes and then lower the heat to 190 Degree Celsius or Gas Reg. 6 for another 15 minutes.

*fat = solid soften butter ** about 28grams per plain bun before baking