I just love Hot Cross Buns! I could eat them all year round (coughs, well I do, actually.) If I see them on the shelves in the supermarket, I will pop them in the trolley. I always keep a stash frozen in the freezer for any time I have that urge for a mouth-watering hot buttered Hot Cross Bun! Now if you do fancy making your own, the recipe is below. Now let’s be honest here, home-made Hot Cross Buns do taste soooo much better than bought.
These freeze well (that’s if they hang around that long!) and are a great addition to any lunch box in the Spring…
Hot Cross Buns
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 450 g Strong Plain Flour – plus some extra for the crosses
- 2 x level tsp fast action dried yeast
- 200 ml full fat milk
- Good Pinch salt
- 1 x level teaspoon mixed spice
- 75 g caster sugar
- 50 g butter
- 1 x large happy egg
- 100 g currants
- Maple walnut syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6
- In a large bowl, put in the flour, yeast, salt spice and currants.
- Melt the butter, add to the milk, along with the beaten happy egg.
- Slowly add this mixture to the dried ingredients in the bowl.
- Knead until you have smooth dough. If too sticky add a little flour.
- Knead till you have a smooth mixture.
- Put in a bowl and cover with cling film – leave to rise in a warm place for an hour.
- Shape the dough into 12 buns and place on a couple of greased baking trays, leaving some space between for them to rise again – leave for another 30/40mins
- Meanwhile mix some on the strong flour with a little water – until you have a thick paste, use this to make your crosses on the top of the buns OR just make a cross on the top of them with sharp knife.
- Bake in the oven for 15/20 mins
- When cooled glaze with the maple walnut syrup
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