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Hot cross buns are a traditional Easter dish. Featuring a spiced dough, cross shape, and orange icing, these are truly My hot cross buns are a cross (get it?) between a dinner roll and cinnamon roll. They're soft, yet a little dense with a deliciously spiced flavor from.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook hot cross buns easterbake using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns EasterBake:
- Prepare 450 g (1 lb) strong white flour
- Take 15 g (1/2 oz) dried yeast or 2 x 7g sachets fast acting yeast
- Get 75 g (3 oz) butter, chilled and cubed
- Make ready 100 g (31/2) oz caster sugar
- Take 225 ml (8 fl oz) warm milk
- Make ready 2 eggs, beaten
- Prepare 150 g (6 oz) mixed fruit, (sultanas, currants and mixed peel)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get 2 tsp mixed spice
- Prepare 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Get 1 pack ready rolled shortcrust pastry
- Take Egg Wash
- Prepare 2 tbsp milk mixed with 1 egg and 1 tsp caster sugar
Hot Cross Buns are a seasonal yeast bread traditionally served on Good Friday. Today they are traditionally served at Easter and there is a superstition that Hot Cross Buns baked on Good Friday never became moldy and it is good luck to save one bun until the. I hope you enjoy this easy Hot Cross Buns recipe! When the buns have risen remove the polythene bags and pipe a cross on each bun.
Instructions to make Hot Cross Buns EasterBake:
- In a bowl, mix 1 tbsp of sugar with 60ml (2fl oz) of the warm milk and sprinkle in the yeast. Leave in a warm place for approximately 5 minutes until frothy before sifting the flour into a large mixing bowl.
- Rub in the butter until crumbly before adding the mixed spice, cinnamon, sugar, salt and grated nutmeg. Mix well together.
- Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the eggs, remaining milk and yeast mixture.
- Mix well until all ingredients combined.
- Knead for a couple of minutes until smooth. Add the mixed fruit and continue until the dough is shiny. You can use a food mixer with dough hook if you like.
- Cover the bowl with clingfilm and leave in a warm place until doubled in size. This may take up to 1 1/2 hours. Knock back by kneading the dough for 5 minutes and place on a work surface covered with a clean tea towel and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Unroll the shortcrust pastry and cut 5 mm (1/4 in) wide strips with a sharp knife.
- Shape the dough into small balls of approximately 40g (1 1/2oz) and place 1cm apart onto a greased baking tray. Brush with the egg wash and mark the top of each bun with a cross using the strips of shortcrust pastry. Gently brush again with the egg wash. Leave to stand for 30-45 minutes until the balls have doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C (425 F), Gas mark 7. Bake for 5 minutes before reducing the heat to 200 degrees C (400 F), Gas mark 6 and bake for a further 10 minutes or until the buns are golden brown. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack before toasting and slathering with a knob of butter. Must be eaten warm with a cup of tea whilst thinking about hot sunny days and contemplating about how good life is…
Melt the golden syrup in a pan and while the buns are still warm. Hot Cross Buns are a treat I grew up eating on Easter morning. I know there are lots of different traditions when it comes to Hot Cross Buns, but I always looked forward to having them once a year. Honestly, though, there is no reason why these can't be enjoyed all. Easter Hot Cross Buns: When I think of Easter and the foods we serve, several immediately come to mind.
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