Recipe: Vadas Bakery hot cross buns

Recipe: Vadas Bakery hot cross buns

Ingredients

• 300ml full cream milk
• 500g flour
• 75g castor sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 sachet of dried yeast
• 50g butter
• 1 large egg
• 150g sultanas
• 80g mixed peel
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon

For the cross

75g plain flour and 75g water

For the glaze

50 / 50 castor sugar and water

Method:

1. Heat the milk until warm.
2. Mix the flour, sugar, salt, yeast, butter and egg together in a bowl, then slowly add the warm milk until it forms a soft, sticky dough.
3. Add the sultanas, mixed peel, and cinnamon, then place the dough on a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough by holding with one hand and stretching it with the other, then fold it back on itself. Repeat until smooth and elastic.
4. Put the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover it with a cloth and leave to rise for approximately one hour or until doubled in size.
5. Divide the dough into 12 even pieces and roll each piece into a smooth ball on a lightly floured surface. Arrange the buns on a baking tray lined with baking paper, leaving enough space so that the buns just touch when they rise and expand. Set aside to prove for another hour.
6. For the cross, mix the flour and water together to make a paste and put it in a piping bag. Pipe a cross on the bun.
7. Bake in the oven at 200°C for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
8. Remove from oven, and whilst still hot, brush the glaze evenly over the buns and then allow to cool.