Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns
Ingredients:
- Flour 500 gm
- Caster sugar 2 oz
- Dried yeast powder 1 tbsp
- Salt 1 tsp
- Ground cinnamon 1 tsp
- Ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp
- Butter melted and cooled 2 oz
- Warm milk 1/2 cup
- Warm water 1/4 cup
- Egg 1
- Currants or raisins 3 oz
- Orange peel chopped 1 tbsp
- Oil to grease
- Shortcrust pastry 2 oz
- Sift flour add in sugar, yeast, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Pour in the melted and cooled butter, milk, water, egg, currants, peel and mix to a soft dough. Knead until smooth and elastic. Shape in a round and put in an oiled bowl to rise in a warm place till doubled for an hour. Knock back the dough with your fists and turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead till smooth. Divide into rounds and roll out the shortcrust pastry and cut in thick strips and place on top of the bun in a cross shape. Secure with a little water. Lightly oil baking trays and arrange buns on it. Cover with oiled cling film and let rise again for 30 minutes. Bake at 220 degrees C for 15 minutes or till risen and brown. Let cool on wire rack and make a sugar glaze by melting sugar in water and then brush over buns. Serve warm with butter and jam.
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