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Hot Cross Buns

A classic Easter recipe filled with warming spices and dried fruit. Create light buns with this easy to follow recipe. 

12
Serves
(9)
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Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients

Buns

  • 650g Edmonds High Grade Flour
  • 70g Chelsea brown sugar
  • 1 packet Edmonds Instant Dry Yeast
  • 375ml Meadow Fresh milk
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten 
  • 100g butter, softened (or Olivani Spread)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 Tbsp mixed spice
  • 2 tsp nutmeg
  • pinch cloves
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 125g currants
  • 100g mixed peel


Cross Paste


Sugar Syrup

  • 3 tablespoons Chelsea caster sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water

Method

  1. Combine the flour, sugar, and instant yeast in the bowl of an electric mixer (or a bowl if making by hand).
  2. Add the milk, egg and butter and knead on low for 10 minutes.
  3. Add the salt and spices knead until smooth and elastic (around 5 minutes).
  4. Put into an oiled bowl. Cover and leave until doubled in size, approx 1.5 hours.
  5. On a clean floured bench knead in the currants and mixed peel.
  6. Divide the mix into 12 (approximately 120g in weight) and shape into even round buns. Place on a lined baking tray and leave until doubled in size (around 30 minutes).
  7. Make the cross paste by mixing together the self raising flour and water and putting into a piping bag.
  8. Make the sugar syrup by bringing the sugar and water to a boil and ensuring the sugar has dissolved, either in a microwave or in a saucepan.
  9. Preheat the oven to 190°C.
  10. Using a sharp knife, score the buns with crosses. Pipe the paste mix onto the buns and bake for 25-30 minutes.
  11. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then brush the tops with the sugar syrup.

Add your review

Nadia

Super easy recipe to follow! Great flavour! I made a second batch and spilt the dough into 18buns (80g) which made for a smaller but still decent sized bun. Great flavour profile

Sheila Kinnear

The spices are tablespoon measurement so not bland at all as some comments mentioned. (Love hot cross buns)

Cheriene Marshall

Excellent recipe and I've tried a few. Made big fluffy buns with great flavor. I used raisins and mixed peel. Delicious.

DIANNE

Agree with previous comments. Found bland, not enough sweetness or.spice..and made huge buns. I weighed out 120g and got 13, but could have made 1/3rd the size.
The bake was perfect. Light and fluffy

Louise

I followed the recipe exactly and they turned out very good. I made 12 buns

Abbie T

I second the first comment, very bland. I doubled the cinnamon too. Needs a better ratio of spices. Texture is lovely though, nice and fluffy.

Casey R

Very bland. Needs almost 2x the seasoning & cut in 15 buns as they’re massive