Steps to Prepare Perfect Hot Cross Buns

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, hot cross buns. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Hot Cross Buns is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Hot Cross Buns is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have hot cross buns using 22 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Prepare (for buns)
2. Get 1 egg beaten
3. Take 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp nutmeg
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp ginger
6. Take 1 tsp salt
7. Make ready 4 Tbsp brown sugar
8. Get 3 1/2 Tbsp (50 g) unsalted butter, melted
9. Make ready 3/4 cup + 3 Tbsp (225ml) warm milk
10. Prepare 2 1/2 tsp instant dry yeast
11. Make ready 3 3/4 cups (450 g) flour
12. Make ready 3/4 cup (120 g) raisins, soaked in hot water
13. Make ready (for cross dough)
14. Make ready 1/2 cup (60 g) flour
15. Prepare 1 tsp sugar
16. Prepare 5 Tbsp water
17. Prepare (for dorure: optional)
18. Get 1 egg beaten
19. Prepare pinch salt
20. Get (for syrup: optional)
21. Take 1 Tbsp sugar
22. Take 1 Tbsp hot water

Instructions to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Place first 9 ingredients (from the egg to instant dry yeast) in a mixing bowl and combine well. Warm milk, about body temperature works well, but not too hot.
2. Add flour into the bowl in several batches and mix the dough just until it comes together.
3. Put the dough into a plastic bag and knead until it becomes smooth and glossy, about 4-5 mins.
4. Drain the water from raisins and add into the bag. Knead until they are spread evenly in the dough.
5. Let the dough rise in a warm place until it comes twice as big, about 1 hour. I used my heating pad under the bag!
6. Devide the dough into 12 even pieces and make balls. Put them on your baking tray and let them rise another 1 hour until they become twice as big again. I covered them with plastic wrap to keep them from drying out.
7. While you are waiting, make the dough for the crosses and dorure. Place flour, sugar and water in a mixing bowl and combine well until it becomes smooth. Put it into a small plastic bag.
8. Place egg and salt in a small bowl, mix well and strain.
9. Preheart your oven to 350°F/175 ℃.
10. When your buns have risen, make the crosses on them. Cut a corner of the small bag, and squeeze the dough on the buns.
11. Brush the dorure on the buns and put them in your oven. Bake for 20 mins.
12. While you are baking the buns, make the syrup. Place sugar and hot water in a small bowl, and microwave 1 min.
13. When the buns are done, brush on the syrup while they are still hot. Let them dry.
14. Serve warm. Enjoy just by themselves, or with butter, preserves, coffee, milk tea, or whatever you like :)

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