Easter weekend is fast approaching and that means 2 Easter Egg hunts for us (one with Emmy’s School friends on Friday and the second at Nanny and Grandad’s), the children are very excited but not just about the chocolate, they love spending time with their friends and especially their younger cousin who they dote on.
As much as I love chocolate I much prefer Hot Cross Buns, for me their appearance in the shops is far more exciting than the chocolate eggs.
I’ve never tried to make my own before but the kids wanted to try and who can say no to that request?
Ingredients:
For the Buns:
- 500g Organic Bread Flour, plus extra for kneading
- 1 level tsp Mixed Spice
- 1 level tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1 sachet Easy Bake Yeast (7g)
- 75g Caster Sugar
- 150g Mixed Dried Fruit/Currants Medium
- 250ml Semi-Skimmed Milk
- 50g Butter
- 1 Large Egg, lightly beaten
For the Crosses:
- 50g Plain Flour
- 1sp Sunflour Oil
- 1 level tbsp. Icing Sugar
- 4tbsp Water
For the Glaze:
- 40g Caster Sugar
- 4tbsp Milk
Method:
- Grease a baking tray.
- Sift together the flour, mixed spice, cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Stir in the yeast, sugar and mixed fruit.
- Heat the milk and butter together in a pan until the butter melts and the mixture is lukewarm. Test with your finger – if it’s too hot it will destroy the yeast.
- Add the egg and the milk mixture to the flour and mix to form a dough.
- Knead for 10 minutes.
- Put the dough in a greased bowl, cover with greased Clingfilm and leave in a warm place until doubled in size.
- Turn out onto a floured surface and push out the air.
- Cut into 20 pieces and shape into rolls.
- Place on the tray in a circular pattern
- Cover with greased Clingfilm again until doubled in size
- Preheat the oven to 220C/200C (Gas mark 7)
- For the crosses, mix the flour with the oil, icing sugar and water to make a paste.
- Put into a piping bag and pipe crosses onto the buns
- Bake for 15 minutes (or until brown)
- While the buns are cooking – heat the sugar and milk for the glaze in a pan until dissolved and then simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Brush the buns as soon as they come out of the oven
- Eat warm or leave to cool
While making these ourselves took a lot more effort then buying them in stores it was actually a lot of fun getting the children involved, making a mess, getting our hands dirty and because of this the children both tried them – something they hadn’t done before.
The mess made by the children was greatly increased by Harry trying to ‘build a snowman’ with the flour and then filling his hat with flour and putting it on – always the comedian.
We managed to make 15 Buns with our mixture and the crosses were a pain as my piping bag split halfway through.
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I've never actually made hot cross buns before. These look fantastic! xx
Yum, we love hot cross buns here too. I hope yours had fun with their Easter egg hunts, my youngest was so so excited!
Everyone bakes them but each hot cross bun looks different. It's nice to see different end effects. Your came our looking perfect.
Oh my this looks delish I love hot cross buns x
I saw Paul Hollywood make these on tv the other day and I remember thinking they looked tricky! You made them sounds much easier!
You have made look so easy to make, I bet they tasted awesome too.
We make them every year and they taste so good. A lot of work though even if it is fun.
I've never made my own hot cross buns I should really give it a try this weekend.
Clare these look amazing! .. i have always wanted to try hot cross buns but with being laid up after my op i keep forgetting to send hubs for some .. when I'm back on my feet i might try to make my own!
Oooh, I love baking but have never tried making these myself – maybe this year!
What a fab go at making Hot Cross Buns, I've never made them so hat's off
I have never tried to make home made hot cross buns. Your recipe looks like you did great!
Happy Easter!
I tried to make them a couple of years ago and I couldn't get them nice and soft. I'll have to give them another go.
I have never made hot cross buns, and I am definitely going to give it a try this weekend. There is nothing nicer than a warm hot cross bun with butter.
I have never made hot cross buns but would love to – I bet the house smelt lovely when these were baking!
Hahrrrr I have been looking at them all over the stores as I so want some for Easter.
I've never tried to make these before. Unfortunately I've already stock-piled them for this Easter, but I'll definitely give your recipe a whirl next year!
We love home made hot cross buns and it is great top see the kids involved
Yum! Never tried baking my own hot cross buns. These look delicious.
I have never had a hot cross bun, can you believe.
Going to give your recipe a try – Thanks for sharing funny.
Charlotte x
those look a great attempt im no good with this sort of thing i simply dont have the time
I saw your pictures of these on Facebook the other day. They look awesome, well done! I've never tried making them before, but I think you've inspired me!