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Hot Cross Buns Recipe
By Kate Miller
With Easter just around the corner, it's already time to start planning your menu for the holiday feast. To start off, why not bake your own hot cross buns? Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten warm with a little butter, on Good Friday and during Lent. The icing cross on top of the buns symbolizes and reminds Christians of the crucifixion.
A little spicy, lightly sweetened and full of fruity flavors, these hot cross buns are surprisingly easy to make.
Ingredients for Hot Cross Buns
500g plus 2 tablespoons strong white flour
120g sugar
1 teaspoon mixed spice
¼ teaspoon salt
100g butter
170g currants or raisins
60g chopped candied peel
15g dried yeast
250ml warm milk
Glaze:
2 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoon sugar
How to Make Hot Cross Buns
1. Sift flour, sugar, mixed spice and salt into a mixing bowl. Rub in butter.
2. Next, add currants and candied peel.
3. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture; set aside.
4. Combine yeast with warm milk, and then then pour into the well. Sprinkle a little flour and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes, until frothy.
5. Beat the mixture until you get a soft dough. Cover and leave it to rise until double in size, about 1 hour.
6. Transfer onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently.
7. Divide dough into 16 equal pieces, and shape each into a ball.
8. Place onto a greased baking sheet. Leave to rise in a warm place for 20-
9. Meanwhile, mix 2 tablespoons flour with a little water to form a soft paste. Roll into strips, and form crosses on the buns.
10. Bake in a preheated oven 180˚C for 15-
11. To make the glaze, dissolve milk with sugar over a low heat.
Makes 16 hot cross buns
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