Ingredients
Instructions
- Put all of the Hot Cross Bun ingredients into your break maker in the order listed, excepting the dried fruit.
- Put the fruit into the "extras" tray on your bread maker, or leave to one side to add towards the end of the kneading cycle.
- Set the bread maker to Dough setting - or Raisin Dough setting if you have it.
- Press start and if you do not have an "extras" tray, add your dried fruit when your machine alerts you or 5 minutes before the end of the kneading time.
- Lightly grease two baking trays/sheets.
- When the dough cycle has finished, take the dough out and place it on a lightly floured board. Knock back and shape into 12 pieces, rolling them into balls.
- Place them on the greased baking trays/sheets and cover with a clean tea towel or lightly oiled cling film.
- Allow them to rise for about 30-45 minutes or until doubled in size.
- Meanwhile pre-heat the oven the 200C/400F/Gas 6.
- Make the pastry crosses by rolling out the ready-made pastry very thinly and cutting into strips.
- Make the glaze by heating up the milk and adding the sugar - heat them until the sugar has dissolved. Set to one side.
- When the Hot Cross Buns are ready to bake, place two strips of pastry on each top - pressing lightly and bake for 10 - 15 minutes or until well-risen and golden brown. The buns should sound hollow when tapped underneath.
- Brush the glaze on each bun as soon as they have been taken out of the oven and then allow to cool slightly on a wire rack.
- Eat whilst still warm, split & spread with butter!
- These are GREAT toasted when they are a few days old as well!