About our Devonshire Splits recipe
Enjoy these Devonshire splits filled with fresh cream and a little home made jam.
What is a Devon split?
A traditional Devon split is an enriched dough, a yeast bread that is kneaded, risen and baked over a few hours to craft the perfect casing for all the delicious jam and cream. It is a miuch lighter sweet bun than a scone.This makes for a much lighter sweet bun than the scones you are used to.
If you prefer the sound of scones, we have a tasty easy scone recipe for you.
Method
Step 1:
Put the flours, salt, sugar and yeast into a bowl.
Step 2:
Mix to a soft dough with the butter, water and milk.
Step 3:
Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes.
Step 4:
Divide the dough into 10 and shape each piece into a flat round bun.
Step 5:
Place the buns on a greased baking sheet and cover with a tea towel. Leave to prove until double in size. Preheat the oven to 200°C (fan 180°C, gas mark 6).
Step 6:
Brush with egg wash and bake in an oven for 15-20 minutes until golden.
Step 7:
Fill with whipped cream and jam.
Ingredients
- 250g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 250g Very strong white bread flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3 tbsp Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 60ml Butter (unsalted) (melted)
- 3 tbsp Warm water
- 260ml Milk (whole)
- 7g Easy bake yeast
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) (for egg wash)
- 250g Allinson's Plain White Flour
For the filling
- Double cream (whipped)
- Jam
Recipe Reviews
Just made them and they turned out beautiful and tasted delicious.
Easy bake is dried yeast...
Easy Bake Yeast is a form of dried yeast, however it is an instant version that can be added straight in with the other dried ingredients as opposed to the other type of dried yeast that will need to be activated beforehand
Could I use dried active yeast instead as I am struggling to get easy bake yeast?
I stuck to the recipe but proved for 1 hour after mixing, before dividing into individual buns. Absolutely delicious, stunned that they taste and look as good if not better than shop bought.
Ingredients
- 250g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 250g Very strong white bread flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3 tbsp Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 60ml Butter (unsalted) (melted)
- 3 tbsp Warm water
- 260ml Milk (whole)
- 7g Easy bake yeast
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) (for egg wash)
- 250g Allinson's Plain White Flour
For the filling
- Double cream (whipped)
- Jam