Orange Hot Cross Buns

Name: Orange Hot Cross Buns
Prep time: 3 h 30 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 packages 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast; 59 milliliters butter, melted and cooled; 118 milliliters chopped candied orange peel; 1 teaspoons cinnamon; 59 milliliters dried currants; 1 large egg plus 2 tbsp. beaten egg; 710 milliliters About flour; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons fresh Meyer lemon juice; 177 milliliters warm (100° to 110°) whole milk; 1 teaspoons nutmeg, preferably freshly grated; 2 teaspoons fresh orange juice; 1 large Finely shredded zest of orange; 237 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt

Orange Hot Cross Buns is a vegetarian morn meal. This recipe makes 3 servings with 1008 calories, 19g of protein, and 21g of fat each. This recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours and 30 minutes. It will be a hit at your Easter event. Head to the store and pick up currants, flour, candied orange peel, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a bowl of a stand mixer, combine milk and yeast; let stand until yeast softens, 5 to 10 minutes.

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Yeast

Milk

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add whole egg, granulated sugar, butter, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and orange zest. Beat on medium speed with dough hook until blended.

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Granulated Sugar

Orange Zest

Egg

Cinnamon

Butter

Nutmeg

Dough

Salt

Blend in 2 3/4 cups flour. Beat on medium speed until dough is smooth and stretchy, 10 to 12 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Add just enough flour (about 1/4 cup) so dough is only slightly tacky.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Add orange peel and currants, pick up dough, and mix with your hands to distribute fruit. Return dough to bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 1/4 hours.

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Orange Zest

Currants

Dough

Fruit

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Bowl

Punch down dough. With floured hands, shape into 16 smooth rounds. Evenly space rounds in 2 buttered 8- or 9-in. square pans.

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Dough

Punch

Cover loosely and let rise in a warm place until doubled and puffy, about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 40

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Oven

Brush buns with beaten egg.

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Roll

Egg

Bake until deep golden, 13 to 15 minutes.

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Oven

Let cool in pans at least 30 minutes.

In a small bowl, stir together juices and powdered sugar until smooth. Spoon into a small, heavy-gauge plastic bag, snip a hole in a corner, and squeeze icing onto buns to form large Xs.

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Powdered Sugar

Icing

Roll

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Ziploc Bags

Bowl

Heat 18 oz. thick-cut marmalade until bubbling, strain well, and substitute 1/4 cup of the syrup for the granulated sugar in step 1 and 1/2 cup orange pieces for the candied orange in step 2; add 1/4 cup extra flour in step

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Granulated Sugar

Marmalade