Hot Cross Buns

Name: Hot Cross Buns
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons active dry yeast; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 large egg plus 1 egg white; 567 grams cups (about all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters raisins or currants; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 6 Tbsps (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted; 237 milliliters whole milk, heated

You can never have too many morn meal recipes, so give Hot Cross Buns a try. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 166 calories, 3g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 24. It will be a hit at your Easter event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours. If you have sugar, salt, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a small bowl, combine warm milk and yeast.

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Yeast

Milk

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Bowl

Let sit until foaming, about 5 minutes.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine sugar and butter. Beat on medium speed until well-combined, about 2 minutes. With mixer running, add whole egg (keep egg white refrigerated until step

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Egg Whites

Egg

Butter

Sugar

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Stand Mixer

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and salt, then slowly add milk and yeast mixture.

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Yeast

Milk

Salt

Mix for 30 seconds until homogenous, stoping and scraping down sides as necessary. Stop mixer and add flour.

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All Purpose Flour

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Blender

Mix on medium-low speed until dough just comes together, about 30 seconds. Switch to hook attachment and knead dough at low speed for 5 minutes. Cover bowl with a kitchen towel and let rest until risen and doubled in size, 1 1/2 hours.

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Dough

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Kitchen Towels

Bowl

Flour your hands and transfer dough to a lightly floured surface. Punch down dough and mix in raisins. Knead by hand for an additional 2 minutes. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Pull off 2-inch pieces of dough and roll into balls (you should make about 24 balls).

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Raisins

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Punch

Roll

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Place rolls on two baking sheets a few inches apart, cover with a clean kitchen towel, and let rest until almost doubled in size, about 1 hour.

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Roll

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Baking Sheet

Kitchen Towels

While dough rises, adjust oven racks to upper and lower middle positions and preheat oven to 400°F. In a small bowl, whisk together remaining egg white with 1 teaspoon water.

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Egg Whites

Dough

Water

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Whisk

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Oven

Brush each roll with egg wash.

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Roll

Egg

Bake rolls until golden and sound hollow when tapped on bottom, about 15 minutes, rotating pans back to front and top to bottom half way through cooking.

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Roll

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In a small bowl, whisk together 1 cup of confectioners' sugar with two tablespoons of milk until smooth, adding more milk if necessary. Pipe glaze over buns in a cross pattern.

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Powdered Sugar