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Hot Cross Buns | Cherry or Dry Fruits Mixed Soft Buns

March 18, 2016 By Sangeetha Priya 5 Comments

Easter’s day is fast approaching Hot Cross Buns, recipes related with Carrot, Bunny shaped desserts are much popular for Easter Sunday.  I am planning to take the kids to nearest egg hunt festival on that day. Coming to the Hot Cross Buns recipe, it’s a mix of dry fruits in the soft buns with mild
sweet all over. I made it twice last year and drafted the recipe immediately in my blog, but I am not sure from where did I adapt the recipe.For an eggless version just skip egg wherever mentioned…

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Ingredients for Hot Cross Buns

Unbleached All Purpose Flour or Bread Flour – 2.75 Cups
Butter – 5 Tbsp
Active Dry Yeast – 1.5tsp
Water – 2 Tbsp
Sugar – 1/3 Cup
Egg – 1 Number  (For an eggless version skip egg)
Cinnamon Powder – 3/4tsp
Cardamom Powder – 1/2tsp
Lukewarm Milk – 3/4 Cup
Dried Cherries/Yellow Raisins/Currants or Tutti Frutti – 1/3 Cup (Finely Chopped, can increase to 1/2 cup)

For Egg Wash
Egg Yolk – 1 (For an eggless version skip egg and use milk alone for wash)
Water or Milk – 1 Tbsp

The reason for dark brown color top over the buns is because of egg yolk wash, so using different wash may change the look of the buns.

Flour Cross
Four – 1/3 Cup
Water – 2.5 Tbsp
Sugar – 1/2tsp

I used 1- 9*13 inch cake pan and 1- 8″ round cake pan to make 8 buns.

Hot Cross Buns Preparation

  • Drop the yeast in lukewarm milk (Pic 1) and let them sit for few seconds until the yeast dissolves and start puffing up (no need to raises fully).
  • Meanwhile make the other stuffs ready.
  • Mix flour, cinnamon, cardamom powder, an egg, sugar (Pic 2) and keep kneading with yeast mixture and 2 tbsp (you may need more) of water till it becomes soft Pic 3).
  • If the dough is dry and crumble nothing to worry, butter makes it perfect.
  • Now add softened butter (Pic 3) and keep kneading for another 4-5 minutes.
  • Finally add the dry fruits like cherry, raisin Pic 4), kind of thing and mix all together.
  • Allow the mixture to raise ie for the first proof it needs minimum 1 hour.
  • Meanwhile grease the cookie sheet or cake pan with parchment paper (Pic 5).
  • After 1 hour the mixture looks like shown in picture 6.
  • Punch the puffed bread dough and weigh it (Pic 8) to make equal size balls.
  • I got 8 numbers, so lay them on the cookie sheet with enough space between each other
    (Pic 9).
  • Let them rise for another 40 minutes, after that make the egg wash and apply all over the buns.
  • In a mixing bowl, mix flour and water for the cross (hot cross), the consistency should be very thick like shown in picture 10.
  • Add it to the Piping bag with a hole to make the cross as shown in pictures 11 & 12.
  • Squeeze the cross batter over 40 minutes second proven buns Pic 11 & 12).
  • Now in pre heated oven bake them at 350 F for 18-20 minutes or the top turns golden brown (mine got ready in 15 minutes of time).

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  1. Nancy

    June 8, 2017 at 11:02 pm

    Sangeetha – you said knead with water, shouldn't it be milk and yeast mixture?

    Also, I followed the exact same recipe but my dough dint rise.. may be yeast quantity 1.5 tsp was less? Please suggest

    Reply
    • sangeethapriya

      June 16, 2017 at 3:04 pm

      Nancy after the addition of yeast mixture you have to make the dough soft with water content, there was some content missed and i have corrected it now. Is that active dry yeast or instant one, yeah it is 1.5tsp active yeast which works well for me…

      Reply
  2. Unknown

    March 19, 2016 at 5:47 pm

    how long the punching to be done

    Reply
    • sangeethapriya

      March 21, 2016 at 4:14 pm

      Not more than 2-3 minutes

      Reply
  3. Amrita Roy

    March 18, 2016 at 10:50 am

    Your hot cross buns are really tempting…visit my page too

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