Hot Cross Buns
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Category
Baking
Author:
The Alternative Bread Company
Ingredients
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500g The Alternative Bread Company Spicy Fruit Bread Mix
110g caster sugar or honey or date syrup
12g gluten free yeast
1 orange zest and 50ml juice
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1 teaspoon cinnamon*
1 teaspoon mixed spice *
¼ teaspoon salt
200g dried fruit
50g melted butter, cooled**
375ml slightly warm milk**
150mls water
1 egg**
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2 heaped tablespoon white gluten free flour
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1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 heaped teaspoon sugar
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1 tablespoon apricot jam or honey
2 teaspoons water
*optional: there is already spice in the bread mix but added a little extra gives your buns a fuller Hot Cross Bun flavour.
** To make dairy and egg free, exchange liquids to 575ml slightly warm water only
To make crosses
To make glaze
Directions
Place all ingredients together in a large bowl or you can use your electric mixer with a dough hook. Keep mixing until a dough is formed. Your dough should be slightly sticky.
Tip out on to a floured surface. Hint: don’t over flour or you will get dry buns.
Divide into 12 equal sized portions and roll into smooth balls. Hint: keep your hands slightly damp, it stops the dough sticking to them.
Place in a lined tin with sides, keeping the buns close together but not quite touching. This lets them rise up instead of out.
Pipe on crosses and leave to rise in a warm, draft free place. There is no set time for rising but they should be nearly doubled in size.
Once risen, bake in a hot oven, 200°C for 20-25mins until they are golden brown in colour.
Brush with glaze while still hot.
Remove from tin and leave to completely cool on a wire rack before eating.
To make crosses
Mix with enough water to a form a paste. Put into piping bag or snap lock bag with the corner snipped off.
To make glaze
Gently heat to combined and a sticky glaze has formed.
Serve with lashings of butter. These keep well in a cotton bread bag on the bench. They are best served warm. A light toasting on the second day (if you have any left) will freshen them up.
Recipe Video
Recipe Note
Original recipe - https://www.alternativebread.co.nz/pages/gluten-free-hot-cross-buns
