Hot cross bun ring with spiced honey butter

Name: Hot cross bun ring with spiced honey butter
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 300 milliliters whole milk; 1 zest orange; 50 grams butter, cubed; 500 grams strong white flour, plus 140g for the crosses, and extra for dusting; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 85 grams golden caster sugar; 7 grams sachet fast-action dried yeast; 1 large egg, beaten, plus 1 egg to glaze; 1 serving oil, for greasing; 100 grams dried mixed fruit; 200 grams salted butter, softened; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 4 Tbsps clear honey

Hot cross bun ring with spiced honey butter might be a good recipe to expand your breakfast recipe box. One portion of this dish contains around 77g of protein, 238g of fat, and a total of 4881 calories. This recipe serves 1. 74 people found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up cinnamon, oil, butter, and a few other things to make it today. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Easter. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Warm the milk and orange zest in a small saucepan until steaming.

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Orange Zest

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat and add the butter, swirling the pan until the butter has melted and the milk has cooled to hand temperature.

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Butter

Milk

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Frying Pan

Mix the flour, cinnamon, sugar, yeast and 1 tsp salt in a large bowl.

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Cinnamon

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Yeast

Salt

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Bowl

Pour in the milk mixture and the beaten egg, and mix with a wooden spoon until the mixture clumps together. Tip out onto your work surface and knead until smooth and elastic the dough should bounce back when pressed with your finger.

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Dough

Milk

Egg

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Wooden Spoon

Transfer to a clean oiled bowl, cover with cling film or a tea towel and leave to rise for 2 hrs or until doubled in size.

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Tea

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Kitchen Towels

Bowl

Dust your largest baking tray with flour. Tip the dough back onto your work surface and knead again to knock out any air bubbles.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Pan

Add the dried fruit and knead to incorporate into the dough. Divide the dough into 11 equal pieces.

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Dried Fruit

Dough

Roll each lump of dough into a smooth ball. Arrange the balls on your tray in a ring, leaving a small gap between each one. Cover loosely with a piece of cling film and leave somewhere warm to prove again for a further 1 hr or until doubled in size, the buns should be just touching.

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Dough

Roll

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas

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Oven

Brush the buns with a little beaten egg.

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Roll

Egg

Mix the remaining flour with enough water to make a thick paste, then transfer to a piping bag fitted with a small round nozzle, or use a sandwich bag and snip off one corner. Use the paste to pipe crosses over the buns this is easiest if you pipe in one big circle, then put a line across the middle of each bun.

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All Purpose Flour

Water