What are BAPS?

Baps are soft, leavened rolls, typically eaten for breakfast in the United Kingdom—but I find they also serve as a pretty stellar hamburger or egg sandwich bun.

What is a bacon roll in Scotland?

A Scottish bap is a Scottish yeast bread roll. Scottish baps can also be turned into bacon rolls, known in Scotland as bacon batties. The bap is buttered first and some people like to use unsalted butter. Then, freshly fried bacon is piled into the Scottish bap and often a brown sauce such as HP sauce is added.

What is a bacon and egg bap?

A Breakfast Bap is a hearty breakfast sandwich made with eggs, cheese, UK bacon (rashers), drizzled with a little HP Sauce and grilled to perfection.

What makes a bap a BAP?

A bap is, at its simplest, a bread roll. At its more complicated, it is tender pillow of dough, often made with milk, lard, and butter. A more humble, Scottish version of the brioche. The bap is the ideal bread for a simple meat sandwich.

How do you make bacon and onion dough?

Make the filling: In a large skillet, place bacon and onion and barely cover with water. Place the lid on the pan and let simmer until water has evaporated. Transfer entire contents of the skillet (fat and all) to a container and refrigerate until cool. Meanwhile, make and shape the dough: ​ scald the milk and mix in butter, sugar, and salt.

How long do you cook a bacon bap?

To make sure they are cooked evenly, press down on the bacon using the backside of a plastic spatula, cooking for up to three minutes on each side. You’ll looking to create a light and crispy texture, not to be confused with hard and crunchy.

How do you make bacon in a frying pan?

Five mins before the bacon is ready, heat the remaining 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan and fry the eggs however you like them. Heat the beans in a saucepan or in a microwave.

How to make a bacon bap from scratch?

So, there we go, the Fully Homemade Bacon Bap, with plenty of food talk along the way. The kids can now reliably tell me what is in bread and which animals give us butter and bacon; they can see a link between the unlikely looking green things dangling off our tomato plants and the squeezy bottle we plonk on the table.