Hot Cross Buns EasterBake
Hot Cross Buns EasterBake

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Hot Cross Buns EasterBake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Hot Cross Buns EasterBake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

These Hot Cross Buns are way better than the stock standard ones you buy from grocery stores. When the buns have risen remove the polythene bags and pipe a cross on each bun. I hope you enjoy this easy Hot Cross Buns recipe!

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook hot cross buns easterbake using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns EasterBake:
  1. Prepare 450 g (1 lb) strong white flour
  2. Make ready 15 g (1/2 oz) dried yeast or 2 x 7g sachets fast acting yeast
  3. Prepare 75 g (3 oz) butter, chilled and cubed
  4. Get 100 g (31/2) oz caster sugar
  5. Make ready 225 ml (8 fl oz) warm milk
  6. Prepare 2 eggs, beaten
  7. Get 150 g (6 oz) mixed fruit, (sultanas, currants and mixed peel)
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  9. Make ready 2 tsp mixed spice
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
  11. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
  12. Make ready 1 pack ready rolled shortcrust pastry
  13. Prepare Egg Wash
  14. Get 2 tbsp milk mixed with 1 egg and 1 tsp caster sugar

Baking your own hot cross buns is one way to make Easter feel special while staying at home. These hot cross buns are inspired by the traditional kind, but made with a deepened amount of spice, citrus and an optional dash of rum. Hot Cross Buns are a traditional Good Friday treat! Hot cross buns are a rather old English tradition, dating back to the Saxons who marked buns with a cross in honor of the goddess Eostre, the goddess of light, whose day of celebration eventually became Easter.

Instructions to make Hot Cross Buns EasterBake:
  1. In a bowl, mix 1 tbsp of sugar with 60ml (2fl oz) of the warm milk and sprinkle in the yeast. Leave in a warm place for approximately 5 minutes until frothy before sifting the flour into a large mixing bowl.
  2. Rub in the butter until crumbly before adding the mixed spice, cinnamon, sugar, salt and grated nutmeg. Mix well together.
  3. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the eggs, remaining milk and yeast mixture.
  4. Mix well until all ingredients combined.
  5. Knead for a couple of minutes until smooth. Add the mixed fruit and continue until the dough is shiny. You can use a food mixer with dough hook if you like.
  6. Cover the bowl with clingfilm and leave in a warm place until doubled in size. This may take up to 1 1/2 hours. Knock back by kneading the dough for 5 minutes and place on a work surface covered with a clean tea towel and let rest for 5 minutes.
  7. Unroll the shortcrust pastry and cut 5 mm (1/4 in) wide strips with a sharp knife.
  8. Shape the dough into small balls of approximately 40g (1 1/2oz) and place 1cm apart onto a greased baking tray. Brush with the egg wash and mark the top of each bun with a cross using the strips of shortcrust pastry. Gently brush again with the egg wash. Leave to stand for 30-45 minutes until the balls have doubled in size.
  9. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C (425 F), Gas mark 7. Bake for 5 minutes before reducing the heat to 200 degrees C (400 F), Gas mark 6 and bake for a further 10 minutes or until the buns are golden brown. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack before toasting and slathering with a knob of butter. Must be eaten warm with a cup of tea whilst thinking about hot sunny days and contemplating about how good life is…

Serve them Easter morning with some hard boiled eggs and fruit! More sweet brunch additions I love are No-bake Strawberries and Cream Crepe Cake, Honey lemon Bars, and Chocolate Drizzled Coconut Macaroons. Hot Cross Buns are a seasonal yeast bread traditionally served on Good Friday. Today they are traditionally served at Easter and there is a superstition that Hot Cross Buns baked on Good Friday never became moldy and it is good luck to save one bun until the. Hot cross buns are a traditional Easter dish.

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