Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns

Fast, delicious and so much cheaper than the bought versions.

Discover how to make hot cross buns with this tasty yeast dough. Brown sugar, raisins, currants or butter and vanilla give each bun a unique flavor. 

Ingredients

• 310g Milk (can use almond/coconut)
• 60g Brown sugar
• 4 tspn (2 sachets) Dried Yeast
• 400g Plain flour
• 200g Bakers Flour
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1.5 tspn cinnamon
• 1 Tspn Allspice
• 1/2 tspn ground nutmeg
• 60g Butter
• 1 1/2 cups mixed dried fruit
• 2 Eggs

Step 1

Insert Dough Blade. Add milk, sugar, yeast. Press DOUGH 1, Start.

Step 2

Add flour, salt, spices, butter, fruit and eggs. Step 2 – change Speed to 5. Start.

Step 3

Scrape down dough from sides of bowl. Dough will be quite sticky. Dough Blade can be removed. Push dough together into a blob. Close and lock lid. Step 3 – Start. This is 30min of proving – it will double in size!

Step 4

Remove the dough from the bowl and place on a floured surface. Divide up the dough into 24 even shaped buns. Place on a floured tray and place in a warm spot covered with a tea towel for 30min to prove again. Buns will double in size.

Step 5

Preheat oven to 200C. Whisk together 50g flour and 50ml water. Using a piping bag (or plastic bag with the corner snipped off), pipe crosses over each bun. Bake in oven for 10min. Reduce temp to 180C and bake for a further 15min.

Step 6

Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Enjoy!

Chef’s Tips

You could also add a handful of choc bits.