Easiest Way to Prepare Homemade Hot Cross Buns

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Hot Cross Buns is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Hot Cross Buns is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have hot cross buns using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Prepare Dough:
2. Prepare 250 g (2 cups) strong flour/white bread flour
3. Take 250 g (2 cups) plain flour/all-purpose flour
4. Get 1 tsp mixed spice
5. Get 125 ml (1 cup) lukewarm milk
6. Make ready 125 ml (1 cup) lukewarm water
7. Make ready 7 g (2 1/4 tsp) active dry yeast
8. Make ready 10 g salt
9. Get 50 g sugar (3 heaping Tbsp)
10. Prepare 1 egg, beaten
11. Take 50 g unsalted butter (3 1/2 Tbsp)
12. Make ready 100 g dried mixed fruit or raisins (a small bowlful)
13. Prepare Crosses on top:
14. Take some plain flour
15. Prepare water
16. Get Glaze:
17. Prepare 2 Tbsp marmalade or apricot jam
18. Make ready 2 Tbsp water

Instructions to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Mix all the dough ingredients in a large bowl until it forms a ball of dough you can knead. Remove to a board sprinkled with flour and knead for about 10 minutes until the dough is smooth, soft and elastic.
2. Form the dough into a ball and put back into the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise until about doubled in size (usually 1 hour but if it's chilly it could take 2 hours).
3. Once the dough is about double in size, bring it back to the floured board and knead it briefly to push out the air. Divide it into 8 equal pieces.
4. With each piece of dough, form round buns. Place the 8 buns on a floured or lined baking tray (leave a little space in between) and cover lightly with a tea towel. Let rise for about another 30 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
6. To make the crosses, mix together a small amount of flour with a little water until it forms a thick paste. Use the paste to make crosses across the top of each bun.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the hot cross buns are golden. While the buns are baking, mix together the marmalade/apricot jam and water, then brush it over the buns when they come out of the oven (still hot!).
8. Let the hot cross buns cool on a wire rack, and enjoy for Easter!

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