On the occasion of Good Friday, have these warm and delicious Hot Cross Buns. 🥯
It is an old dated Catholic tradition of eating this sweet, spicy and fruity flavoured buns during Easter week.
The pastry cross on top of these buns symbolises of the cross Jesus Christ was hanged on. ✝️

Hot Cross Buns
Preparation Time: 35mins (1hr 30mins Proving)
Baking Time: 20mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

For Yeast Activation
1 tbsp Warm Milk
½ tsp Sugar
1 tbsp Dry Yeast

For the dough
¼ Cup Warm Milk
½ Cup Castor Sugar
¼ Cup Melted Butter
½ tsp Salt
2 Eggs, beaten
¼ tsp Cinnamon Powder
¼ tsp Nutmeg Powder
4 Cups Refined Flour
¼ Cup Raisins
¼ Cup Mixed Dried Fruit Peels
¼ Cup Egg Wash

For the Cross
2 tbsp Refined Flour
3 tbsp Water

Process
•For yeast, combine milk (make sure the milk is warm), sugar and yeast. Stir and let it sit for 5-8mins.
•Now for the dough, combine milk, castor sugar, butter, salt and beat well.
•Add eggs and whisk again. Now add cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder, refined flour and knead into a soft and smooth dough.
•Butter a bowl and keep the dough in the bowl. Cover the dough with damp cloth and keep in warm place for an hour. It will double to its original size.
•Take the dough out and bash the dough with your hands to let the air out.
•Add dried fruits and knead till everything is incorporated.
•Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces and roll each into a ball, evenly spacing them out on the tray as you go.
•Cover with the damp cloth and leave in a warm place for a further 30 minutes, or until doubled in size.
•For the cross, combine flour and water and make a thick paste. Fill the paste in a piping bag.
•Generously apply egg wash on the buns and trace a cross on all the buns.
•Bake them in pre heated oven at 200*c for 20mins or top is nice golden brown.
•Remove from tray and let it cool. Serve these sticky buns with butter.

Created By- Team Ranveer Brar

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