Description
I’ve never made hot cross buns before, and they do take a bit of time. But it’s not as difficult as I had feared, and so, so delicious!! I’ll make them again. Even my daughter who usually doesn’t eat these if they’re from the store has had several of them!!
Ingredients
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Buns
- 4 1/2 cups flour (+ a bit more to roll out)
- 3 tsp instant yeast
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp allspice (I added a bit of nutmeg too)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 1/2 tbsp. butter, melted
- 1 1/2 cups warm milk
- 1 egg at room temp
- 1 1/2 cups raisins (recipe calls for sultanas, but I used golden raisins - and I didn't have quite this much)
- large or 2 small oranges for zest
Crosses
- 1/2 cup flour
- 5 tbsp. water (I used more)
Glaze
- 1 tbsp. apricot jam
- 2 tsp water
Instructions
- Mix flour, yeast, sugar, spices, and salt briefly in a stand mixer with a dough hook, just to combine.
- Add butter, milk, egg, raisins, and zest.
- Mix for at least 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- You may need to add a bit more flour so that the dough comes away from the sides of the mixing bowl and isn’t sticky.
- Once dough stretches but doesn’t break when pulled, it’s ready.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave it to rise until doubled in size – this could take 30 to 90 minutes depending on your environment.
- Line a 9×13″ tray with baking paper.
- Punch the dough to deflate, and dust with the surface lightly.
- Form dough into a log and cut it into 12 equal pieces.
- Form each piece into a ball by pressing the dough ends under itself until smooth and rounded.
- Line the balls 3 x 4 in the tray.
- Cover loosely with plastic again and leave to rise for about 30-45 minutes.
- It won’t double in size again but will fill out.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Mix the paste for the crosses and pipe the lines in both directions over the buns.
- Then bake until browned on top.
- The recipe said it would take 22 minutes, but mine took about 35.
- Lastly, heat the glaze in the microwave to melt.
- Paint over top of the warm buns when they come out of the oven.
- Cool completely.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested Corlea from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs and SA Tasty Recipes- Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 344
- Sugar: 23
- Sodium: 149
- Fat: 5
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 68
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 8
- Cholesterol: 27
