Hot Cross Buns

Name: Hot Cross Buns
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 1 h 48 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 cups plain flour; 7g dried yeast; 1/4 cup caster sugar; 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 cup warm milk; 1/4 cup warm water; 2 tbsp melted butter; 1 egg; 1 cup currants; 1/2 cup plain flour for crosses; 4 tbsp water; 3 tbsp apricot jam, warmed

Spiced Easter buns with currants and a sweet white cross — warm from the oven with butter. Piping the flour-and-water cross paste in a thick, confident line lets it hold its shape and stay visible once the buns rise and bake.

Total time

108 min

Prep

90 min

Cook

18 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

3 cupsplain flour

7gdried yeast

1/4 cupcaster sugar

1 tspsalt

2 tspmixed spice

1 tspcinnamon

1/2 cupwarm milk

1/4 cupwarm water

2 tbspmelted butter

1egg

1 cupcurrants

1/2 cupplain flour for crosses

4 tbspwater

3 tbspapricot jam, warmed

Instructions

Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt and spices. Add warm milk, water, butter and egg. Knead 8 minutes.

Knead in currants. Cover and rest 1 hour until doubled.

Knock back dough and shape into 12 buns. Place on a lined tray.

Make cross paste: mix flour and water. Pipe crosses over buns.

Rest 30 minutes. Bake at 200°C for 18 minutes. Glaze immediately with warm jam.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

489

Protein

13.1g

Fat

9.1g

Carbs

87.9g

Fiber

3.6g

Sodium

512mg

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