Bath Buns | Bread Recipes | Jamie Oliver (2024)

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What is a Marlborough bun? ›

The Marlborough Bun is part of Waitrose's heritage regional recipe series and is a traditional blend of fruit and dough baked into a rustic mound.

Their origins are said to lie with a certain Dr William Oliver who lived in Bath in the 18th century. He developed these buns as a way of providing sustenance to his patients, but discovered that when you feed people warm buns with lots of butter, sugar and spices, they tend to consume them in volume.

The bun is generally eaten with a knife and fork but there are no fixed rules. Most guests enjoy their bun with a huge smile on their face.

The Bath Bun is small and sweet and is laced with sugar and fruit. The story goes that Dr William Oliver, who was born in Cornwall in 1695, created the sweet-flavoured Bath Bun for his patients.

The ultimate southern BBQ style rustic burger bun with a dash of red malt in the dough – just with the addition of poppy & sesame seeds for extra flavour.

Bao Buns (pronounced “bow”), but also known as a 'steamed buns' or 'baozi' 包子, are a delicious, warm, fluffy treat of stuffing wrapped inside a sweet, white dough. Made with a mix of flour, yeast, sugar, baking powder, milk and oil, the bao is a tad sweeter than its closely related cousin, the dumpling.

The Bath bun is a sweet roll made from a milk-based yeast dough with crushed sugar sprinkled on top after baking. Variations in ingredients include enclosing a lump of sugar in the bun or adding candied fruit peel, currants, raisins or sultanas.

We are famous for the Bath delicacy the Sally Lunn Bun – the original Bath Bun. A lot of people get confused between the London Bath Bun [small, heavy and sweet] and a Sally Lunn Bun.

A penny bun or a penny loaf was a small bread bun or loaf which cost one old penny at the time when there were 240 pence to the pound. A penny loaf was a common size loaf of bread in England regulated by the Assize of Bread and Ale act of 1266.

So-called Bath Buns, on the other hand, are smaller and sweeter than Sally Lunn Buns, with a lump of sugar baked into the bottom, crushed sugar sprinkled over the top and, often, currants or raisins swirled throughout. Like many aspects of Bath's history, this bun, too, comes with a story.

Did Sally Lunn exist? ›

There is little historical evidence for Sally Lunn as a person.

About. Sally Lunn's is one of the oldest houses in Bath (c. 1482) and serves one of the most famous local delicacies – the original Sally Lunn bun. According to legend, Sally Lunn, a French refugee, arrived in 1680 and established her bakery.

Brioche is made from an enriched dough that uses eggs, sugar, and butter. These additional ingredients make the bread taste dense, soft, and sweet. The crumb (the pattern of holes in a slice of bread) is also much tighter (lots of small holes) in brioche than in a baguette (large, irregular holes).

1 Bun of bath buns (Tesco) contains 262 Calories. The macronutrient breakdown is 59% carbs, 31% fat, and 10% protein. This is a good source of fiber (14% of your Daily Value).

Brioche buns are light and fluffy and are full of eggs and butter, making them extra delicious. They are the perfect bun for burgers as they can hold up to burgers piled high with toppings without falling apart or getting too soggy.

Buns can be either savory or sweet, and they can be filled with both savory and sweet ingredients. In terms of flavor, bread rolls are usually savory and unfilled.

Marlborough Bun | Waitrose & Partners.

Brioche. Brioche buns are light and fluffy and are full of eggs and butter, making them extra delicious. They are the perfect bun for burgers as they can hold up to burgers piled high with toppings without falling apart or getting too soggy.

This is one of Hong Kong's most iconic sweet buns and is curiously not made with pineapple, but gets its name because of the similarity with its outer appearance. The pineapple bun is a soft, tender and very fluffy bun, accompanied by a sweet topping crust on top.