Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, hot cross buns. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Hot Cross Buns is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Hot Cross Buns is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hot cross buns using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Get Dough:
2. Prepare 250 g (2 cups) strong flour/white bread flour
3. Prepare 250 g (2 cups) plain flour/all-purpose flour
4. Prepare 1 tsp mixed spice
5. Take 125 ml (1 cup) lukewarm milk
6. Prepare 125 ml (1 cup) lukewarm water
7. Take 7 g (2 1/4 tsp) active dry yeast
8. Take 10 g salt
9. Take 50 g sugar (3 heaping Tbsp)
10. Take 1 egg, beaten
11. Take 50 g unsalted butter (3 1/2 Tbsp)
12. Prepare 100 g dried mixed fruit or raisins (a small bowlful)
13. Take Crosses on top:
14. Prepare some plain flour
15. Prepare water
16. Take Glaze:
17. Get 2 Tbsp marmalade or apricot jam
18. Prepare 2 Tbsp water

Instructions to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Mix all the dough ingredients in a large bowl until it forms a ball of dough you can knead. Remove to a board sprinkled with flour and knead for about 10 minutes until the dough is smooth, soft and elastic.
2. Form the dough into a ball and put back into the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise until about doubled in size (usually 1 hour but if it's chilly it could take 2 hours).
3. Once the dough is about double in size, bring it back to the floured board and knead it briefly to push out the air. Divide it into 8 equal pieces.
4. With each piece of dough, form round buns. Place the 8 buns on a floured or lined baking tray (leave a little space in between) and cover lightly with a tea towel. Let rise for about another 30 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
6. To make the crosses, mix together a small amount of flour with a little water until it forms a thick paste. Use the paste to make crosses across the top of each bun.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the hot cross buns are golden. While the buns are baking, mix together the marmalade/apricot jam and water, then brush it over the buns when they come out of the oven (still hot!).
8. Let the hot cross buns cool on a wire rack, and enjoy for Easter!

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