coconut/Jam buns

Cunning Stunt · 12-04-2012 02:01PM #1

Hi
I am looking for a recipe for those buns that you can put jam and grated coconut on top of. I remember back in the 80s/90s a lot of people made them as part of the school home economics baking classes and they were really easy to make.
Does anyone remember and can anyone suggest a recipe?

Thanks a lot!

12-04-2012 02:05PM

Haystacks!
I just make regular fairy buns, dip them in raspberry jam, and then in coconut! You can add coconut to the bun mixture too and it's yum

rubadub · 12-04-2012 02:27PM

You can get coconut flour in some asian food shops too. The one in blackrock market in dublin have it after I asked them to get it in.

12-04-2012 02:32PM

rubadub wrote: »

You can get coconut flour in some asian food shops too. The one in blackrock market in dublin have it after I asked them to get it in.

I'm beginning to think you work for that place :pac:

Coconut floor sounds yum. Must investigate.

rubadub · 12-04-2012 02:45PM

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I'm beginning to think you work for that place :pac:

I wish I did! It is very high in fat so I think you can omit oil/butter from recipies. If you did a full replacement of normal flour it would be very high in calories. I use it in pancakes mixed with oats, egg & milk.

dazzlemoo · 12-04-2012 04:24PM

Try this Fairycake recipe http://www.odlums.ie/index.php?page=queen-cakes-fairy-cakes-or-buns

Then warm some jam in a saucepan. Put the jam on a plate. Put some dessicated coconut on a plate.
Dip each bun in the jam, then dip the bun in the coconut and hey presto, jam coconut buns!

Peabrain McSpud · 17-04-2012 01:04PM

My sister used to make these all the time and the recipe is still in her old home economics book. I love them recipe as follows:

200g cream flour
pinch of salt
1tsp baking powder
75g margarine
75g Caster sugar
50g coconut
1 egg
2-3 tablespoons of milk

*Sieve flour, salt and baking powder together, rub in the margarine and then stir in the sugar and coconut and mix well.
*beat egg in a bowl with milk and pour into centre of dry ingredients. mix to a fairly stiff dough (add more milk if needed)
*spoon mixture onto greased baking tray makes 8-10. bake in preheated oven @200 degrees for 20 mins
*melt some jam in a bowl and pour extra coconut into another bowl when buns come out dip in each and enjoy!

Hope this helps

mewa · 29-04-2012 02:42PM

or maybe jam lamingtons?

coconut/Jam buns

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