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Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns

Course Bread
Cuisine American
Keyword baking, bread,
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Resting 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 9
Author Sandra | Sandra's Easy Cooking

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups 450g Bread flour (or all-purpose flour)
  • 1 tablespoon fast-active dry yeast 2 pk/14g
  • 1/3 cup 75g Caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2/3 cup 150g Chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup Raisins
  • 1/2 cup Chopped nuts mixed nuts or walnuts etc.
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1/4 cup  Butter unsalted and melted (1/2 stick/57g)
  • 1 1/3 cups 300ml Milk, warm

To decorate:

  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 3-4 tablespoons water
  • Glaze options:
  • Apricot/Peach jam
  • Honey
  • Butter

Instructions

  1. Put the flour, yeast, caster sugar, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and mix. Add Chocolate chips, raisins and chopped walnuts (mixed nuts). Mix well, then make a well in the center and pour in the eggs, milk, and butter. Start mixing with a plastic or wooden spoon and finish with your hands. If the dough is too dry, add a bit of warm water or milk, or extra flour if it’s wet.
  2. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 10 mins or until it becomes smooth, elastic or stretchy. Transfer the dough to a clean, lightly greased/buttered bowl and cover loosely with a clean kitchen towel. Leave the dough to rise in a warm place until roughly doubled in size – this will take about 1 hour.
  3. Roll each portion into a smooth round dough ball and place on a greased baking sheet or on a parchment paper/mat, leaving some room between each bun for it to rise. Score the dough by making a deeper cross on top of each bun. Cover with a kitchen towel again and leave in a warm place to rise again for about 20 minutes.
  4. Heat oven to 400F/200C. Bake for 25 mins until they are light brown. Brush them with jam if you want them to be nice and shiny (Honey or Butter works fine too). TIP* Gently heat the jam in the microwave and brush over the buns using a pastry brush.

Recipe Notes

If you don’t have any castor sugar on hand, you can make your own by grinding granulated sugar for a couple of minutes in a food processor (this also produces sugar dust, so let it settle for a few moments before opening the food processor). You can omit the chocolate and use only dry fruits. Now for those that CAN'T eats eggs, here is a link to a very informative VIDEO about Eggless baking.