Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, hot cross buns easterbake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
These Hot Cross Buns are lightly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and studded with tangy craisins or raisins. It's so important to us that our family understands Easter is about Jesus Christ's death, burial and resurrection through which he paid the penalty for. Hot cross buns are a traditional Easter dish.
Hot Cross Buns EasterBake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Hot Cross Buns EasterBake is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook hot cross buns easterbake using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns EasterBake:
- Make ready 450 g (1 lb) strong white flour
- Take 15 g (1/2 oz) dried yeast or 2 x 7g sachets fast acting yeast
- Take 75 g (3 oz) butter, chilled and cubed
- Prepare 100 g (31/2) oz caster sugar
- Prepare 225 ml (8 fl oz) warm milk
- Get 2 eggs, beaten
- Take 150 g (6 oz) mixed fruit, (sultanas, currants and mixed peel)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get 2 tsp mixed spice
- Make ready 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 pack ready rolled shortcrust pastry
- Make ready Egg Wash
- Get 2 tbsp milk mixed with 1 egg and 1 tsp caster sugar
These are made with raisins and candied lemon inside with It is tradition to consume these spiced buns at Easter. Classic hot cross buns, perfect for Easter. Remove from the oven, carefully turn the buns out of the pan (they should come out in one large piece), and transfer them to a rack to cool. These Hot Cross Buns are way better than the stock standard ones you buy from grocery stores.
Steps 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…
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. When the buns have risen remove the polythene bags and pipe a cross on each bun. Melt the golden syrup in a pan and while the buns are still warm. Serve them Easter morning with some hard boiled eggs and fruit!
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