Hot Cross Buns
These are soft and delicious buns (sweet roll bread) with raisins and spices. This is an easy to follow recipe that you can make at home for a home made bakery treat.
Ingredients:
Yeast mixture
200 ml (~3/4-1 cup) milk, warmed to about 110F 5 gm
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast or instant yeast
1 tsp granulated sugar
Dough
90 gm (1/2 cup) packed brown sugar
56 gm (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
4 gm (1 tsp) vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 gm (1/2 tsp) cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice (ground)
4 gm (1 tsp) salt
450 gm (4 cups) bread flour (or all-purpose flour)
130 gm (1 cup) raisins
Cross Dough
58 gm (1/2 cup) bread-flour (or all-purpose flour)
120 ml (1/2 cup) water Icing
60 gm (1/2 cup) powdered sugar
45 ml (3 tbsp) orange juice or water
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