Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients: 
500g Strong Bread Flour
225ml Full Fat Milk
50g Butter
1 tsp Salt
75g Caster Sugar
7g Easy Blend Yeast
1 Egg
150g Sultanas
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Mixed Spice

To Make:

To make hot cross buns the first step is to boil the milk in a saucepan, once the milk is boiled take it off the heat and stir in the butter, setting aside to cool.

In a mixing bowl add the flour, caster sugar, salt, yeast, cinnamon and mixed spices. Make a well in the centre of the mixture, pouring in the milk and butter then add the egg. Mix well bringing the dough together with your hands.

On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough for roughly 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic. Place into a bowl and cover with cling film, leave to prove for one hour.

Having left the dough to rise for an hour take if out from the bowl and knead in the sultanas mixing them throughout the dough, place back into the  bowl to prove for another hour.

After the hour or once the dough has doubled in size remove from the bowl and evenly divide into 12 pieces. place on a baking tray and pipe the crosses on the buns using flour and gradually add the water to get the desired thickness for piping.

Place in oven at 200°C for 15 minutes until golden brown. For a glaze heat up apricot jam and brush on top of each hot cross bun.

Enjoy!