Hot cross buns (direct method)

Name: Hot cross buns (direct method)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 300 g Bread flour; 5 g Salt; 40 g Sugar; 80 ml Warm milk; 3 g Yeast; 1 Egg(55g); 100 ml Double cream; 1 tablespoon All spices; 2 Tablespoons Mixed fruits; 1 teaspoon Dried cranberries; Tiny Unsalted butter (for the baking tin); Tiny Milk (for milk wash the dough); 20 g Bread flour; 2-3 Tablespoons Water

Jennifer Su @jennifersu_E

Easter is around the corner. Make some hot cross buns for kids and family. Yum. 😋

Jennifer Su @jennifersu_E

Easter is around the corner. Make some hot cross buns for kids and family. Yum. 😋

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Ingredients

300 gBread flour
5 gSalt
40 gSugar
80 mlWarm milk
3 gYeast
1Egg(55g)
100 mlDouble cream
1 tablespoonAll spices
2 TablespoonsMixed fruits
1 teaspoonDried cranberries
Tiny Unsalted butter (for the baking tin)
Tiny Milk (for milk wash the dough)
Cross decoration
20 gBread flour
2-3 TablespoonsWater

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Steps

1

Add yeast into the warm milk and mix them well. Leave it aside for 5 minutes.
2

Get a big bowl and put in all the dried ingredients (apart from dried fruits and cranberries). And then add in egg, double cream and yeast milk (from step 1) to form a dough. Keep kneading until you can do the window pane test. Rest the dough for 60 minutes.
3

Take the dough out and flat it. Add in the dried fruits and cranberries.
4

Divide the dough into 9 small balls. Place in a butter-greased baking tin to do the final proofing (about 90 minutes). Mix all the ingredients for cross decoration and place it in a piping bag. Brush some milk on the dough and then piping the cross. Bake in 170°C oven for 17-20 minutes. Move those hot cross buns on a rack for cooling. Enjoy!! 😋