Scottish Hot Cross Buns Recipe
Yield: 12 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
3 cup: Flour,
1 tsp: Salt,
1/2 tsp: Each:allspice, nutmeg,
Cinnamon,
1/4 cup: Sugar,
1 Stick: butter, melted
1: Egg beaten,
3/4 cup: Currents or raisins,
1/3 cup: Candied citron fruit,
Yeast mixture:,
1 tbsp: Dry yeast,
1 tbsp: Sugar,
2/3 cup: Warm milk,
1/2 cup: Warm water,
1 cup: Flour,
Glaze:,
2 tbsp: Milk,
2 tbsp: Water,
3 tbsp: Sugar,
Directions:
Begin by making the yeast mixture, mixing all ingredients and setting
it aside to proof ( foam ).In another bowl sift flour, salt, spice
and sugar. Add fruits and mix well. Combine butter and eggs and add
to yeast mixture. Then add to flour mixture. Knead dough on floured
surface, 8 to 10 minutes or smooth and elastic. add more flour if
needed to keep dough from sticking. Divide into 12 equal pieces and
shape into round buns. Place rolls far apart on greased baking sheet.
Cover and let rise at warm room temperature for 45 minutes. Use a
sharp knife to make an X shape cut on surface of dough. Bake in a 425
oven for 15 to 20 minutes or golden. Cool on rack. Make glaze by
bringing ingredients to a boil in small saucepan for 2 minutes. Brush
glaze over buns thickly.
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it aside to proof ( foam ).In another bowl sift flour, salt, spice
and sugar. Add fruits and mix well. Combine butter and eggs and add
to yeast mixture. Then add to flour mixture. Knead dough on floured
surface, 8 to 10 minutes or smooth and elastic. add more flour if
needed to keep dough from sticking. Divide into 12 equal pieces and
shape into round buns. Place rolls far apart on greased baking sheet.
Cover and let rise at warm room temperature for 45 minutes. Use a
sharp knife to make an X shape cut on surface of dough. Bake in a 425
oven for 15 to 20 minutes or golden. Cool on rack. Make glaze by
bringing ingredients to a boil in small saucepan for 2 minutes. Brush
glaze over buns thickly.
Source from luhu.jp