Back Again!! Heres our fave Hot Cross Buns Recipe!
Ingredients & Method
- Mix 2 teaspoons dry yeast with 1-2 teaspoon sugar and 1/2 cup warm water in a small bowl, leave in a warm place to rise.
- Pop 500g of white high grade flour and 1/4 cup of coconut or white sugar in a large bowl, add 2 teaspoons cinnamon and 2 teaspoons all spice, a pinch of salt, 1 egg and 1/2 cup raisins.
- Add your risen yeast mix and 1/2 to 3/4 cup warm water into the mix so the dough comes together in the bowl, not too wet and not too dry
- Flour your bench lightly and pop the dough on the bench.
- Now for the fun part, set your timer to 8 minutes and knead the dough till the timer beeps , you should have a nice silky smooth dough.
- Roll your ball of dough in a bit of oil and put back in the large bowl to prove for 1 hour (until it doubles in size).
- Pre heat you oven to either 200C bake or 190 fan bake.
- Once risen, punch down and knead for another 1 minute before forming into balls/buns. Place you made up buns next to each other on a baking tray lined with baking paper, cover with a tea towel and leave for a further 30 minutes to prove.
- Mix white flour and water to make a slightly runny paste and pipe your crosses on the buns.
- Place in the middle of your pre heated oven and bake for approx 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- I topped mine with an apricot jam glaze.
