Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, hot cross buns. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Hot Cross Buns are a traditional Good Friday treat! These slightly sweet yeast-leavened buns are spiced with cinnamon and speckled with currants, citron, and orange zest. What Do Hot Cross Buns Taste Like?
Hot Cross Buns is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Hot Cross Buns is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hot cross buns using 22 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns:
- Make ready (for buns)
- Prepare 1 egg beaten
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Make ready 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ginger
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 4 Tbsp brown sugar
- Make ready 3 1/2 Tbsp (50 g) unsalted butter, melted
- Prepare 3/4 cup + 3 Tbsp (225ml) warm milk
- Get 2 1/2 tsp instant dry yeast
- Take 3 3/4 cups (450 g) flour
- Make ready 3/4 cup (120 g) raisins, soaked in hot water
- Prepare (for cross dough)
- Get 1/2 cup (60 g) flour
- Prepare 1 tsp sugar
- Prepare 5 Tbsp water
- Get (for dorure: optional)
- Make ready 1 egg beaten
- Take pinch salt
- Prepare (for syrup: optional)
- Make ready 1 Tbsp sugar
- Take 1 Tbsp hot water
It that time of year again where my oven is getting a workout. But hot cross buns can be a treat to make and eat any time of year, and they're perfect for breakfast. Brush tops of buns with egg wash. Hot Cross Buns are a seasonal yeast bread traditionally served on Good Friday.
Steps to make Hot Cross Buns:
- 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.
- Add flour into the bowl in several batches and mix the dough just until it comes together.
- Put the dough into a plastic bag and knead until it becomes smooth and glossy, about 4-5 mins.
- Drain the water from raisins and add into the bag. Knead until they are spread evenly in the dough.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- Place egg and salt in a small bowl, mix well and strain.
- Preheart your oven to 350°F/175 ℃.
- When your buns have risen, make the crosses on them. Cut a corner of the small bag, and squeeze the dough on the buns.
- Brush the dorure on the buns and put them in your oven. Bake for 20 mins.
- While you are baking the buns, make the syrup. Place sugar and hot water in a small bowl, and microwave 1 min.
- When the buns are done, brush on the syrup while they are still hot. Let them dry.
- Serve warm. Enjoy just by themselves, or with butter, preserves, coffee, milk tea, or whatever you like :)
These enriched buns are spiced with ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice, and are studded with raisins (or currants) and. These Hot Cross Buns are way better than the stock standard ones you buy from grocery stores. Those are pumped with preservatives and have a distinct artificial flavour about them. One a penny, two a penny. Hot cross buns.🎶 Just in time for Good Friday and Easter Sunday, here's one of our favorite traditional nursery rhymes about food, made super simple.
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