Fill the house with the wonderful baking aroma of these hot cross buns. Sure way to impress your friends and family.
Hot Cross Buns
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 30 min
Cooking Time: 20 min
Ingredients
- 450g strong bread flour
- 1tsp salt
- 2tsp ground cinnamon
- 2tsp ground allspice
- 1 x 7g sachet dried yeast
- 75g raisins
- grated rind of 1 orange,
- 110g caster sugar
- 50g unsalted butter
- 250ml Alpro soya Original alternative to milk
- 1 egg, beaten
For the paste:
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 2tbsp cold water
- 1tbsp marmalade, melted
Method
- Sift flour, salt and spices into a large bowl. Add the yeast, fruit, rind and sugar and mix thoroughly.
- Melt the butter, stir in Alpro soya Original and heat until tepid. Whisk into the egg. Add to flour mixture, and mix to form a dough. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- Divide into 12 buns, cover with a damp tea towel and leave in a warm place for about 90 minutes or till doubled in size.
- Mix the paste ingredients until it is soft enough to pipe through a nozzle. Remove the polythene bag and pipe a cross on each bun
- Bake at 180ºC for 10 minutes, reduce the heat to 150ºC and bake for a further 15 minutes. Lightly brush with the marmalade and cool on a rack. Serve warm, cold or toasted with butter
Recipe courtesy of Alpro.
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