Description
Traditional spiced sweet buns marked with a cross on top, often enjoyed during Easter.
Ingredients
Scale
- 500g strong white bread flour
- 75g caster sugar
- 10g salt
- 10g mixed spice powder
- 10g instant yeast
- 40g unsalted butter, softened
- 300ml milk, lukewarm
- 1 large egg
- 150g mixed dried fruit
- 75g currants
- For the cross: 75g plain flour and water
- For the glaze: 75g apricot jam
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt, and mixed spice.
- In another bowl, combine yeast with warm milk.
- Add the yeast mixture to the flour mix along with the egg and butter.
- Knead the dough for 10 minutes until smooth.
- Incorporate dried fruits and currants.
- Let the dough rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Punch down the dough and shape into buns.
- Place buns on a baking tray and let rise for another 30 minutes.
- Mix plain flour with water to make a paste and pipe a cross on each bun.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 220°C for 20 minutes.
- Brush with warm apricot jam after baking.
Notes
- Store buns in an airtight container.
- Best served warm.
- Can be frozen for later use.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Bakery
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bun
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
Keywords: Hot Cross Buns, Easter, Sweet Buns, Bakery