1. The bun essentials
1. The bun essentials (Image 1 of 7)
First up - get your ingredients together.
To make 12 hot cross buns, you will need 625g strong white flour, 45g chilled butter, 45g golden caster sugar plus 2 extra tablespoons, 1 teaspoon each salt and ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon each ground allspice and grated nutmeg, 1½ teaspoons fast-action dried yeast, 1 egg, 275ml milk plus 4 extra tablespoons, 100g raisins, 25g chopped mixed peel, and oil for greasing.
A strong white flour is vital to make sure the gluten stands up to kneading; this ensures you have a lighter dough when it rises.
This recipe uses easy-blend yeast. If you prefer to use fresh yeast, supermarkets with in-house bakeries will sell you some. Fresh yeast will need to be creamed with a little bit of warmed milk before being added to the dry ingredients.


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