Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients list for Hot Cross Buns

• 3 1/4 cups Refined flour
• 2 teaspoons Fresh yeast
• 3 1/2 tablespoons Sugar
• 1 1/2 cups Lukewarm milk
• a pinch Salt
• 2 tablespoons Butter
• 1/2 cup Tutti frutti
• For glaze
• 2 tablespoons Sugar

Method

1. Sieve flour and salt into a large bowl. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water and keep aside. Dissolve sugar and water in another bowl.
2. Add both mixtures to the sifted flour and mix. Add milk, a little at time, till all of it is incorporated into the dough. Knead till the dough is soft and smooth.
3. Cover with a damp cloth and rest the dough till it doubles in volume. Preheat oven to 240°C/475°F/Gas Mark 9. Knock back* the dough and add tutti frutti.
4. Form into round buns (how many), marking a cross on the top with the back of a knife. You can also cut very thin strips of dough and arrange them on the top of the buns in a cross.
5. Set them aside to rise for another fifteen minutes on a gresed tray. Bake in the preheated oven for ten minutes.
6. Mix the sugar with a tablespoon of water and heat gently till the sugar dissolves. Brush the buns with this mixture immediately on taking them out of the oven.

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