Recipe of Homemade Hot Cross Buns

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hot cross buns using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Take Dough:
2. Take 250 g (2 cups) strong flour/white bread flour
3. Take 250 g (2 cups) plain flour/all-purpose flour
4. Prepare 1 tsp mixed spice
5. Prepare 125 ml (1 cup) lukewarm milk
6. Get 125 ml (1 cup) lukewarm water
7. Take 7 g (2 1/4 tsp) active dry yeast
8. Make ready 10 g salt
9. Take 50 g sugar (3 heaping Tbsp)
10. Make ready 1 egg, beaten
11. Make ready 50 g unsalted butter (3 1/2 Tbsp)
12. Make ready 100 g dried mixed fruit or raisins (a small bowlful)
13. Prepare Crosses on top:
14. Take some plain flour
15. Prepare water
16. Get Glaze:
17. Prepare 2 Tbsp marmalade or apricot jam
18. Get 2 Tbsp water

Brush tops of buns with egg wash. Hot Cross Buns are a traditional Good Friday treat! These slightly sweet yeast-leavened buns are spiced with cinnamon and speckled with currants, citron, and orange zest. Hot cross buns are made with an enriched dough.

Instructions to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Mix all the dough ingredients in a large bowl until it forms a ball of dough you can knead. Remove to a board sprinkled with flour and knead for about 10 minutes until the dough is smooth, soft and elastic.
2. Form the dough into a ball and put back into the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise until about doubled in size (usually 1 hour but if it's chilly it could take 2 hours).
3. Once the dough is about double in size, bring it back to the floured board and knead it briefly to push out the air. Divide it into 8 equal pieces.
4. With each piece of dough, form round buns. Place the 8 buns on a floured or lined baking tray (leave a little space in between) and cover lightly with a tea towel. Let rise for about another 30 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
6. To make the crosses, mix together a small amount of flour with a little water until it forms a thick paste. Use the paste to make crosses across the top of each bun.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the hot cross buns are golden. While the buns are baking, mix together the marmalade/apricot jam and water, then brush it over the buns when they come out of the oven (still hot!).
8. Let the hot cross buns cool on a wire rack, and enjoy for Easter!

These slightly sweet yeast-leavened buns are spiced with cinnamon and speckled with currants, citron, and orange zest. Hot cross buns are made with an enriched dough. Reviews for: Photos of Hot Cross Buns I. Hot Cross Buns are a seasonal yeast bread traditionally served on Good Friday. These enriched buns are spiced with ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, and are studded with raisins (or currants) and.

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