HOT CROSS BUNS
Hot Cross Buns
Ingredients
1 cup flour
⅛ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon allspice
⅛ teaspoon cloves
2 - 3 tablespoons raisins
1 teaspoon yeast (Fleischmann’s Rapid Rise Instant
Yeast)
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 small egg or two tablespoons egg (beaten)
2 tablespoons of warm water
2 tablespoons of warm milk
Method
1.
Combine flour,
salt, sugar, cinnamon, allspice and cloves.
Shake or sprinkle in dry yeast.
Add raisins.
2.
Make a well in
the center of the above ingredients and pour water, milk, butter, and beaten
egg. Mix all together.
3.
Knead on bread
board for about 5 to 10 minutes. Cover
and let rise until double in bulk.
4.
Punch down and knead
again; form and shape into buns size buns.
5.
Place in pan or
cookie sheet (greased).
6.
Cover and let
rise until double in bulk.
7.
Bake at 375°F
for 20 minutes. Yield 4 buns.
8.
Optional: Glaze and pipe on cross.
Glaze: 2 tablespoons icing sugar, little clear
vanilla and gradually add drops of milk to make glaze consistency. (Brush on)
Cross: 2 tablespoons icing sugar, little clear
vanilla and gradually add drops of milk to a thicker consistency then the
glaze. (Pipe on with Wilton tip 46)
Hot Cross Buns were made, prepared, baked and the photography done by Shirley-Ann Pearman
Hot Cross Buns
Recipehttp://bit.ly/2Gp150H (docs)
http://bit.ly/2XbQ8oQ (pdf)
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