Hot Cross Buns

Name: Hot Cross Buns
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 15 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 12 cups plain flour; 3 teaspoon mixed spice; 500 g butter/margarine; 1 and half cup of caster sugar; 3 sachets yeast mixed with 450 ml of water; 3 eggs; 300 ml milk; 3 cups raisins; For cross topping; 6 tablespoon plain flour; 3/4 cup water

Maggie @cook_11845042

It's Easter time and definitely these buns are part of easter range so let's share

Maggie @cook_11845042

It's Easter time and definitely these buns are part of easter range so let's share

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Ingredients

20 minutes

15 servings

12 cupsplain flour
3 teaspoonmixed spice
500 gbutter/margarine
1and half cup of caster sugar
3 sachetsyeast mixed with 450 ml of water
3eggs
300 mlmilk
3 cupsraisins
For cross topping
6 tablespoonplain flour
3/4 cupwater

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Work flour, sugar,mixed spice and butter with hands,make a well centre of the mixture,add yeast,milk and beaten eggs
2

If you don't have electric mixer then knead the mixture surface for about 5 minutes,put mixture in a bowl and cover with cling wrap then let it stand for an hour,during that time it should be double size
3

Knead raisins in to raised dough,separate the dough into balls if you don't have the cutter for buns and put them into a baking tray,leaving a bit of room between each
4

Preheat oven to 200 degrees
5

Cover the tray with cling wrap for them to rise again just for 30 minutes or put them into proover if you have
6

Then bake for 15 minutes
7

Remove them and for the crossing mix flour together with water using a piping bag shape out crosses
8

For them to be more glossy mix the flour and water and use a spray then take the back to the oven and bake for further 5 minutes and enjoy