Best Hot Cross Buns recipe idea for Easter. Easy homemade spiced traditional buns for Good Friday, the dough may be mixed in bread machines.
The Best Hot Cross Buns
Best Hot Cross Buns recipe idea for Easter. Easy homemade spiced traditional buns for Good Friday, the dough may be mixed in bread machines. Easter time is my favorite time of the year as this is the time that you Oven Bake these amazing spicy raisin filled hot cross buns. They are a very versatile bun recipe and can be used for a traditional easter breakfast or tea time. Spread with some butter, served warm or cold. Toast these once they are not fresh any more, scrumptious for an easy tasty breakfast.
The dough is versatile for other fillings. A raisin bread machine recipe for the dough is easily adapted to buns, and baked in the oven.
Why are my hot cross buns not fluffy?
The smoother the dough, the better the gluten structure. And the better the gluten structure, the more air it can trap, resulting in soft, fluffy buns and bread rolls. By adding raisins and other additions to the dough at the beginning, you interrupt the gluten formation while kneading the dough.
What is the best way to enjoy hot cross buns?
The best and traditional way to eat hot cross buns is fresh cut in half with butter. Toasted the next morning with a dollop of butter. Grilled is also a good way to toast or warm them up. Nothing more delicious, than with a melted dollop of butter. Make bread pudding with older hot cross buns.
Why are hot cross buns eaten at Easter?
The hot cross buns have a cross pasted on them, which represents the cross on which Jesus died on. They are also symbolic of the day Jesus was crucified. If you add all the spices that are used in the traditional buns, they are said to represent the spices that were used to embalm Christ after his death.
Ingredients
Hot Cross Buns
- active dry Yeast (1 sachet)
- warm water
- milk
- unsalted butter
- sugar
- salt
- Large egg
- all purpose flour
- seedless raisins
- grated orange peel
- nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice
Four paste.
- flour, water and sugar
Sugar Glaze
- Milk, sugar
Obtain the amounts for the ingredients for the buns from the recipe attached. First mix the warm water and the yeast, to work.
Nutmeg and cinnamon
butter, milk, eggs and flour
raisins
grated orange peel
How To
Then by hand or with a mixer mix and knead the dough to its working form and also leave to rise.
Once risen and kneaded and formed balls of dough for the buns, place them on a baking sheet.
For another option to mix the buns dough use a bread machine, on the dough button. then do the homemade hand method for the buns and bake in the oven.
Roll them into buns and leave to rise further.
Make the paste for the crosses and then cross the buns read to go into the oven.
When baked then glaze them with the sugar and milk.
Leaving to cool before serving.
The best way to enjoy hot cross buns.
1.Serving these favorite buns up with just some butter is simply amazing for breakfast. Its the traditional way.
2. Toast or grill the half cut older buns, if any left, for a delicious breakfast with a dollop of butter. They are the most delicious this way.
How to make the dough in a bread machine.
An easy recipe for raisin bread in a bread machine recipe will work as well for mixing the dough. Get the recipe —-> Versatile Raisin Bread Machine Recipe. Then bake the round buns in the oven. So yummy.
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PrintBest Hot Cross Buns
Best Hot Cross Buns recipe idea for Easter. Easy homemade spiced traditional buns for Good Friday, the dough may be mixed in bread machines.
- Prep Time: 30 min, plus rising time
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Total Time: 55 min
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Desserts, snack, lunch, or breakfast
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 Tsp active dry Yeast (1 sachet)
- 3 Tbsp warm water
- 1 Cup of milk (230 g. 240 ml)
- 4 oz of unsalted butter (114 g.)
- 1/3 Cup of sugar (75 g.)
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 Large egg
- 3 3/4 cups of all purpose flour (445 g)
- 3/4 – 1 cup of seedless raisins (150 g)
- 1 Tbsp of grated orange peel
- 1 1/2 tsp of nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice (1/2 tsp of each)
Four paste.
- 1 cup of flour (120 g. or more)
- 1/2 cup and 2 Tbsp of water. (to adjust to thickness)
- 2 Tbsp of sugar
Sugar Glaze
- 2 Tbsp of warm milk
- 2 Tbsp of sugar
Instructions
1. In a standing mixer with a bowl combine 2 Tbsp lukewarm water and yeast. Let it stand and dissolve for about 5 minutes and mix a little.
2. In a microwave bowl combine the milk butter sugar and salt and microwave for about 1 minute stirring until all is dissolved. OR in a sauce pan.
3. Lightly whisk in the egg to the butter mixture (once its cooled, otherwise the eggs will curdle)
4. Pour all into the yeast mixture.
5. Mix at medium speed with a dough hook until all is combined.
6. Then add 3 1/2 cups of flour, spices and grated orange. Continue mixing until the dough doesn’t stick to the sides of the bowl.
7. Add additional flour if the consistency is not right. A soft dough.
8. If kneading by hand turn the dough our on a floured surface and knead for about 6 minutes then add the raisins and continue kneading for another 2 minutes or more if you want airy buns. Or you can carry out this same method with a mixer and using a dough hook.
9. Place bun dough in clean large dish, covering with a cloth and placing in a warm space to rise for 1 or 2 hours.(double in size) Punch dough down.
10. Now divide the dough into 12 pieces and roll into balls. Place on greased or silicone sheeted baking sheet pan.
Flour Paste
- Mix the flour and the sugar and water one tablespoon at a time, (to make a thick paste) and make the paste for the cross on the buns.
- Spoon the paste into a piping bag and pipe the cross on the op of the buns. Leave them to rise for about 15 minutes.
You may refrigerate before baking for up to 24 hrs.
Baking
- Preheat the oven to 350 Deg.F (175 Deg.C) for 20 – 25 minutes.
- Bake until the buns are a deep golden brown and the bottom of the buns sound hollow when tapped.
- Remove from the pan and place on a cooling rack.
Mix the glaze
1. of sugar and milk and brush on top of the buns then leave them to cool.
Delicious when served warm and the butter melts in the buns when cut into halves.
NB: The time taken does not include the time needed for the dough to rise.
Notes
These buns are so versatile and my absolute favorite, you can toast them for breakfast and butter them they are amazing. My favorite time of the year and the best ever buns on the earth. The time taken does not include the time needed for the dough to rise.
These buns can be versatile with the ingredients as well. If you don’t like spicy then use some cinnamon only. If you don’t like raisons then leave them out, as you can add some chocolate chips into them. Or even just add some cocoa into the flour amount for chocolate buns.
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