Makes: 30 – 40 Roses Temperature: 150 °C / 300 °F
Preparation Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Baking Time: 20 – 25 minutes
Ingredients
Dough:
| 500 | g | Cake flour (4 Cups) |
| 5 | ml | Salt (1 tsp) |
| 60 | ml | Sugar (4 Tbsp) |
| 60 | g | Margarine, softened |
| 10 | g | Anchor Instant Yeast (1 packet) |
| 1 | Large egg, beaten | |
| 5-10 | ml | Pink gel food colouring (1-2 tsp) |
| 15 | ml | Rose oil (1 Tbsp) |
| 220 | ml | Lukewarm water |
Glaze:
| 250 | ml | Sugar (1 Cup) |
| 125 | ml | Water (½ Cup) |
| Pink sugar, optional |
Method
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt and sugar together. Add the margarine and rub into the flour with the finger tips. Add the Anchor Instant Yeast and mix.
- Combine the beaten egg, pink gel food colouring, rose oil and lukewarm water and mix well. Add the liquid mixture to the flour mixture and mix to form a soft dough.
- Knead the dough well for 10 minutes, until smooth and elastic. Cover the dough with greased plastic and leave to rest for 10 – 15 minutes.
- In a saucepan, mix the sugar and water together. Bring to the boil over low heat, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Knock the dough down and on a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough out and use a round cutter to cut as many discs as possible. Keep the off-cut dough covered with greased plastic to prevent drying. Arrange 5 – 6 discs so that they overlap in a horizontal line. Using a chopstick, bamboo skewer or the back of a dough cutter, press firmly along the centre of the disc line to create a deep indent, helping the discs fuse together. Starting at one end, roll the entire strip up to form a log. With a sharp knife or pizza cutter, slice the log down the centre along the indent – this will create 2 roses. Gently fan out the rose petals and place each rose into a greased muffin pan. Repeat with the remaining dough until all the dough is used up. Cover with greased plastic and allow to rise in a warm place for 10 – 15 minutes.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 150 °C / 300 °F for 20 – 25 minutes. Remove from the oven, brush generously with sugar syrup and sprinkle with pink sugar.
