I’m hardly short of baking books, but I find I can talk myself so easily into squeezing just another little one in! I mean, what kind of fool would turn down one with the comforting title of Buns? Not I. And this is a charming, approachable collection of recipes that promise sweet succour, explained in a way that gives you the wherewithal to expand your repertoire according to your own tastes and inclinations, and with pointers to how to veganise them. Frankly, it would have been a delight to bring you any of the buns in this book – Apple and Cinnamon; Blackberry Oat Crumble; Swedish Cardamom Buns; Chelsea Buns; or the delightfully named Norwegian School Buns, filled with custard and coated in coconut – but I do so love a plain morning bun, I just had to take the Brown Butter & Vanilla route.
Buns by Louise Hurst (Quadrille, £16.99).
Photography © Kim Lightbody.
