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Soft and Fluffy Classic Hot Cross Buns
Ingredients
  • Stand mixer
  • Silicone spatulas
  • Measuring spoons and cups
  • Weighing scale
  • Piping bag or ziploc bag (to pipe flour crosses)
  • Pastry brush
  • subheading: Ingredients:
  • subheading: For the bread and tangzhong:
  • 240 mL warm milk divided in half (1 cup, divided into ½ cup portions)
  • 500 g AP flour 4 cups, measured by spoon and level method
  • 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
  • 100 g granulated white sugar ½ cup
  • 56 g unsalted butter melted (¼ cup)
  • 2 eggs large
  • 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp allspice
  • ½ tsp ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp grated nutmeg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Grated orange rind from one large orange
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • subheading: Additions for the bread:
  • 100 g raisins
  • 60 g mixed peel
  • ¼ cup warm orange juice
  • subheading: Flour paste for the cross:
  • 20 g confectioner’s sugar 2 tbsp
  • 62 g AP flour ½ cup, measured by spoon and level method
  • 4 to 5 tbsp water 60 to 75 mL
  • subheading: For the glaze:
  • ¼ cup apricot jam
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract optional
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