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Hot Cross Buns (Classic)

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Hot Cross Buns (Classic)

Traditionally spiced Easter buns with dried fruit and a cross of white icing. Piping the flour-and-water paste into a cross before the buns bake, rather than icing afterward, gives that cross its distinctive baked-in texture instead of sitting on top like frosting.

Total time
155 min
Prep
135 min
Cook
20 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
British
vegetarian

Ingredients

500gstrong white flour
7gdried yeast
75gcaster sugar
1 tspsalt
1 tspcinnamon
1 tspmixed spice
50gbutter, melted
200mlwarm milk
2eggs
200gmixed dried fruit
2 tbspplain flour for cross
3 tbspwater for cross
3 tbspapricot jam, warmed for glaze

Instructions

1

Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt and spices. Add butter, milk and eggs. Knead 10 minutes.

2

Add dried fruit. Rest 1.5 hours.

3

Shape into 12 buns. Rest 45 minutes.

4

Pipe a flour-and-water cross over each. Bake at 200°C for 18-20 minutes.

5

Brush with warm jam glaze.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
398
Protein
7.2g
Fat
14.6g
Carbs
63g
Fiber
3.9g
Sodium
542mg

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