Hot Cross Buns Recipe
User Reviews
4.8
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Additional Time
2 hrs
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Total Time
3 hrs 30 mins
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Servings
12 buns
Hot Cross Buns Recipe
Description
The Hot Cross Buns recipe combines bread flour, powdered sugar, mixed spice, salt, butter, granulated sugar, lemon zest, and yeast into a soft enriched dough using milk and egg. After kneading in raisins, the dough proofs until doubled, providing a light texture. The buns are shaped, placed on a greased tray, and glazed to give a shiny finish.
These buns bake up fluffy with a gentle sweetness enhanced by warming spices and citrus notes from the lemon zest. The dried fruit throughout adds bursts of chewiness. The butter and milk enrich the dough, making the final product tender rather than dense.
Hot Cross Buns are a classic choice for Easter or other occasions, enjoyed warm with butter or plain. Their characteristic spiced warmth and fruit make them a comforting treat with tea or coffee.
Ingredients
- 4 ¼ cups bread flour 1 lb 6 oz/625 g
- ¾ cup (3oz/85g) powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons mixed spice ground
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons (1 ½ oz/45 g) butter cut into cubes, plus extra for greasing, cold
- ⅓ (2 ½ oz/71 g) granulated sugar
- Zest medium lemon
- 1 ½ teaspoons instant dried yeast
- 1 large egg
- 1 ¼ cups milk 10 fl oz/300 ml, lukewarm
- 1 cup raisins 5 oz/142 g, or sultanas
- egg used as wash to glaze
- 2 tablespoons honey warmed, to glaze
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.8
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