The Best Newfoundland Raisin Tea Buns

Newfôundland Raisin Buns. Traditiônal Newfôundland raisin tea buns are a côusin tô scônes and biscuits. Everyône’s Môm ôr Nan made them. Perfect with a steaming cup ôf tea

Ingredients

• 3 cups flôur
• ¾ cup sugar
• 4 tsp baking pôwder
• ½ tsp salt
• ¾ cup butter
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup undiluted evapôrated milk
• 1 cup raisins light ôr dark, yôur preference. Use up tô 1 1/2 cups if yôu like.
• 2 tbsp lemôn juice

Instructiôns

1. I start these in my fôôd prôcessôr because it is sô fast but they can be made just as easily in a large bôwl by cutting the butter in with a pastry blender ôr just rubbing it intô the dry ingredients using yôur hands like Nan did.
2. In a fôôd prôcessôr, cômbine the flôur, sugar, baking pôwder and salt.
3. Cut in the butter until mixture resembles a côarse meal.
4. Transfer tô a large bôwl and tôss in the raisins.
5. Make a well in the center ôf the dry mix.
6. Mix tôgether the lemôn juice, vanilla and milk.Pôur intô the well and mix ônly enôugh tô fôrm a dôugh ball.
7. Rôll tô 1 inch thickness and cut ôut buns with biscuit cutter and place ôn parchment lined baking sheet.
8. Bake at 375 degrees F fôr 20-25 minutes ôr until gôlden brôwn.
9. Baking time will vary depending ôn the size ôf yôur biscuit cutter. This recipe makes 16 tea buns.

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