Hot Cross Buns
| Ingredients: |
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| For Dough |
| White flour (bread flour)
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500gm |
| Salt |
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1tsp |
| Butter |
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50gm |
| Castor Sugar |
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50gm |
| Cinnamon Powder or Mixed
Spice |
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3tsps |
| Currants |
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50gm |
| Egg (lightly beaten) |
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1 |
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For Yeast Mixture
| Yeast |
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1tsp |
| Sugar |
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1tsp |
| Flour |
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125gm |
| Warm Milk |
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225ml |
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Combine these together and leave in a warm place for
15 minutes to ferment. |
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| For Cross Batter |
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| Flour |
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3tblsp |
| Sugar |
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3tblsp |
| Water |
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To Mix |
| In a bowl ,combine flour
and castor sugar adding enough water to give a cream like
consistency. |
Method of Preparation:
Sift the flour and salt and rub in butter .Stir in sugar ,spice
and currants. Add yeast ,liquid and egg and mix bread for 10 minutes until you
get a smooth pliable dough. Place in a bowl, cover with tea cloth and leave it
until the dough doubles in size. Knead for 2-3 minutes and shape into
balls.Place in a greased oven tray cover and leaves until it doubles .Pipe the
cross the batter on the buns in the shape of crosses Bake in a preheated oven
until they are golden at 220 degree. Brush honey for glaze.
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