Here's the recipe for the yummiest birthday baps - perfectly soft, fluffy and spongey. Yum! And it's not strictly necessary for there to be a birthday to make these - they're also super yummy on weekends and afternoons. We promise not to tell... Enjoy!

Directions

1. Cut the butter into small pieces and melt the butter in a pot or the microwave. Mix with boiled water, milk and syrup in a bowl. Crumble the yeast and stir well until it's dissolved, then add salt.

2. Mix vanilla sugar and flour in a bowl, then mix with your butter mix. Knead with your hands or use a mixer.

3. At this point we'd like our dough to be soft and a bit greasy - but not sticking to your fingers. If it does, add a bit more flour, little by little - but be careful not to add too much, the baps can get dry dead easily.

4. Shape round baps from the dough, and place on an oven tray lined with baking parchment. Cover the baps with a clean dishtowel and let rise for 30-45 minutes. Then brush with beaten egg.

5. Preheat your oven to 185 degrees convection and bake the baps for about 20 minutes, until they sound hollow when you knock on the bottoms - that means they're done!

6. Let cool, and then the baps are ready to be enjoyed with butter, cheese or anything else... Did someone say 'Nutella'..?!

7. Enjoy!

Tip

Tasks for kids in the kitchen: Let your kids help add ingredients to the mixing bowl. They'll definitely also have fun shaping the baps and brushing with egg wash.