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04/03/10
Happy Easter means yummy hot-cross buns…. So here is our favourite recipe (a la Delia)
Bun ingredients:
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Yeast mixture = 1 level tablespoon dried yeast (traditional not easy-blend) + 1.5 dl hand-hot water + 1 teaspoon sugar
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500 g plain flour
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1 level teaspoon salt
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1 rounded teaspoon mixed spice (we use apple pie spice mix in US/Canada)
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75 g currants
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50 g sugar
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0.5 dl hand-hot skim milk
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1 beaten egg
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50 g melted butter
Cross ingredients:
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0.5 dl plain flour
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water to make a dough that one can roll out
Glaze ingredients:
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2 tablesppons sugar
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2 tablespoons water
Directions
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Make yeast mixture and set aside to develop a nice frothy head
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Mix: flour, salt, mixed spice, sugar, and currants
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Make a well in the dry mixture and add: yeast mixture, milk, beaten egg, melted butter
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Mix the wet and dry ingredients gradually together and work into a smooth dough
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Leave dough to rise for about 1 hour in a warm spot
[1 hour passes… = drink at least one bucket of tea!]
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Knead the dough down to original size and make 12 buns
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Cut a cross in the buns or use the ‘cross ingredients’ above to roll out strips and attach to the buns
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Place on sprayed baking sheet and leave buns to rise again
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Preheat oven to 220 Celsius (420 Fahrenheit)
[ca. 30 minutes pass…. = more tea?]
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Bake buns for 15 minutes
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Prepare glaze by gently warming sugar and water mixture.
[ ca. 15 minutes pass… maybe save the bucket of tea to enjoy with the finished buns?]
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Brush glaze over buns as soon as you take them out of the oven to make them nice and sticky.
Now just enjoy a bun or 5 with yet another bucket of tea!!
And, as usual, some before and after photos. We tried to make the ‘cross’ both with a pastry dough and with simply using a knife and cutting deep grooves in the buns before baking them. Both works although the pastry dough approach is more visually pleasing, right?:
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