Hot Cross Buns

Name: Hot Cross Buns
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 7 grams package active dry yeast; 59 milliliters butter, melted; 59 milliliters chopped mixed candied peel; 118 milliliters confectioners sugar; 118 milliliters dried currants or raisins; 1 egg; 1 egg yolk; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 177 milliliters warm milk (110° to 115°); 1 teaspoon salt; 2 Tbsps sugar; 59 milliliters warm water (110° to 115°); 2 teaspoons water

Hot Cross Buns is a vegetarian recipe with 18 servings. This morn meal has 149 calories, 3g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. It will be a hit at your Easter event. Head to the store and pick up currants, salt, flour, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes.

Instructions

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.

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Water

Yeast

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Bowl

Add the milk, sugar, butter, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, egg, egg yolk and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in the currants, candied peel and enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.

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Cinnamon

Currants

Egg Yolk

Butter

Clove

Nutmeg

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

Salt

Egg

Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes.

Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.

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Bowl

Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 18 pieces. Shape each into a roll.

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Dough

Punch

Roll

Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, for glaze, combine sugar and water in small saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.

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Glaze

Sugar

Water

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Oven