Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, hot cross buns. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Hot Cross Buns is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Hot Cross Buns is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have hot cross buns using 22 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns:
  1. Prepare (for buns)
  2. Get 1 egg beaten
  3. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  4. Make ready 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  5. Get 1/2 tsp ginger
  6. Prepare 1 tsp salt
  7. Take 4 Tbsp brown sugar
  8. Make ready 3 1/2 Tbsp (50 g) unsalted butter, melted
  9. Prepare 3/4 cup + 3 Tbsp (225ml) warm milk
  10. Make ready 2 1/2 tsp instant dry yeast
  11. Make ready 3 3/4 cups (450 g) flour
  12. Make ready 3/4 cup (120 g) raisins, soaked in hot water
  13. Take (for cross dough)
  14. Get 1/2 cup (60 g) flour
  15. Get 1 tsp sugar
  16. Get 5 Tbsp water
  17. Make ready (for dorure: optional)
  18. Make ready 1 egg beaten
  19. Get pinch salt
  20. Prepare (for syrup: optional)
  21. Take 1 Tbsp sugar
  22. Make ready 1 Tbsp hot water
Instructions to make Hot Cross Buns:
  1. Place first 9 ingredients (from the egg to instant dry yeast) in a mixing bowl and combine well. Warm milk, about body temperature works well, but not too hot.
  2. Add flour into the bowl in several batches and mix the dough just until it comes together.
  3. Put the dough into a plastic bag and knead until it becomes smooth and glossy, about 4-5 mins.
  4. Drain the water from raisins and add into the bag. Knead until they are spread evenly in the dough.
  5. Let the dough rise in a warm place until it comes twice as big, about 1 hour. I used my heating pad under the bag!
  6. Devide the dough into 12 even pieces and make balls. Put them on your baking tray and let them rise another 1 hour until they become twice as big again. I covered them with plastic wrap to keep them from drying out.
  7. While you are waiting, make the dough for the crosses and dorure. Place flour, sugar and water in a mixing bowl and combine well until it becomes smooth. Put it into a small plastic bag.
  8. Place egg and salt in a small bowl, mix well and strain.
  9. Preheart your oven to 350°F/175 ℃.
  10. When your buns have risen, make the crosses on them. Cut a corner of the small bag, and squeeze the dough on the buns.
  11. Brush the dorure on the buns and put them in your oven. Bake for 20 mins.
  12. While you are baking the buns, make the syrup. Place sugar and hot water in a small bowl, and microwave 1 min.
  13. When the buns are done, brush on the syrup while they are still hot. Let them dry.
  14. Serve warm. Enjoy just by themselves, or with butter, preserves, coffee, milk tea, or whatever you like :)

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