fruit mince scrolls

I rediscovered this recipe last Sunday flicking through some old magazine recipes I've saved.
Its from one of those awesome free seasonal Coles magazines and came out of one of their Christmas editions.

Coles named it 'Christmas pudding scroll', to me scrolls should be enjoyed all year round and let's be honest there's nothing particularly Christmasy about scrolls.

This is how I decided to whip them up -

You will need: 4 cups of plain flour sifted, 1/3 cup of caster sugar, 2x7 gram sachets of dry yeast, 300ml of warm milk, plus a little extra for glazing, 100 grams of melted unsalted butter, 1 lightly whisked free range egg, 410 gram jar of fruit mince, 1/4 cup of flaked almonds and 1/4 cup of fig jam.

Some of your main ingredients

The recipe called for apricot jam but I opted to use fig.

 Firstly the boring but important task of greasing and lining the baking pan.  Next combine flour, sugar and yeast in a large bowl.  Mix milk, butter and egg in a separate bowl or jug and pour over dry ingredients and mix and combine.  Turn the mixture onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5-10 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic.  Place dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a clean tea towel and set aside in a warm place, to prove, for about 30 minutes - it should double in size.

mmm dough

Punch down dough, remove from bowl and lightly knead.  Roll dough out into a rectangle and spread fruit mince all over the top.

like so

Roll dough up to enclose filling, then cut into 2cm slices.  Place cut side up in your prepared pan.  Cover again with tea towel to prove fro another 30 minutes.

Preheat oven at 200 degrees C or at 180 degrees C for fan forced.  Brush scrolls lightly with milk and scatter with almonds.  Bake for 20-25 minutes.  Heat jam in microwave for 20 seconds and and while scrolls are still warm brush jam over the top to glaze.

so good

In my opinion these are best served warm and on the day they were baked.  So invite a few friends over for a cuppa and one of your homemade scrolls, so these gems don't go to waste.  Another plus to this recipe is it should make your house smell like a bakery for a good two days after baking.

enjoy!