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The Best Hot Cross Buns Recipe to Make This Easter
This is the best and easiest hot cross buns recipe to make for Easter. Plus learn the origins of hot cross buns and the reason behind the Easter tradition.
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h 30m👤 Cheryl Slocum📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●baking dish
- ●whisk
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Make the dough: Coat a bowl with oil. Combine yeast, 1 cup milk, and 1 teaspoon granulated sugar in a second bowl. Let stand until foamy (if mixture doesn't foam, discard and start again). Combine all-purpose flour, bread flour, raisins, candied lemon peel, candied orange peel, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar in a third bowl. Beat with with a stand mixer, fitted with a dough hook, on low speed until combined.
2
Add butter, 2 whole eggs, and yeast mixture. Beat until a sticky dough forms, 2 to ⏱️ 4 minutes. Transfer to a lightly floured work surface and knead by hand until smooth, 4 to ⏱️ 6 minutes. Form dough into a ball, place in prepared bowl and turn to coat. Cover with a damp kitchen towel and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about ⏱️ 1 hour.
large eggs, plus large egg yolk2
3
Shape the buns: Line a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with parchment paper. Punch dough down and transfer to a lightly work floured surface. Knead for ⏱️ 3 minutes. Divide dough into 12 pieces, about 3 1/2 ounces each. Shape into balls and place, about 1 inch apart, in three rows of four in prepared baking dish. Cover and let rise until doubled in size and touch one another, about ⏱️ 1 hour ⏱️ 15 minutes.
4
Bake the buns: Preheat oven to 500°F with the rack in the lower third. Whisk together egg yolk and 1 tablespoon water in a bowl. Lightly brush on the top of each bun. Transfer to oven and reduce temperature to 400°F. Bake until golden brown, 18 to ⏱️ 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; cool ⏱️ 5 minutes
5
Combine confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and remaining tablespoon milk in a bowl. Drizzle a horizontal line across each row of buns followed by a vertical line to form a cross on the crown.
Nutrition Facts
calories
244 calories
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