Hot Cross Buns Recipe

Hot Cross Buns

A hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins, marked with a cross on the top, and traditionally eaten on Good Friday.

This quantity of batter makes 12 buns.

Ingredients:

Additions to dough

100g Dried mixed fruit

For crosses:

100g flour & 200ml water paste

For glaze:

2 Tbsp warmed honey

Make the dough by combining all ingredients in a large mixing bowl, draw it all together with your hand to combine well and squeeze the dough into a ball.
Work and fold the dough for 15 minutes, pulling and stretching in several directions.
Turn the dough into a ball and place in a large clean bowl, cover and leave in a warm place to prove for 1 hour.
Knock the air out of the dough and roll out into a rectangle 1cm thick.
Sprinkle the dried fruit onto the dough, fold in and work the dough gently to incorporate the fruit evenly.
Shape the dough into 12 buns, place on a baking sheet lined with parchment, cover and prove for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 200c, mix the flour and water into a thick paste and spoon into a piping bag.
Just before baking, pipe crosses onto the buns.
Bake at 200c for approx 12-16 mins, look for firm, risen, golden brown buns.
Brush the baked buns with warm honey for a lovely shiny glaze.