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Here’s the only recipe for Hot X Buns you’ll ever need! My recipe never fails, they’re so so fluffy and full of flavour. Make them this long weekend 🥰💃🏼🌸 1 ½ cups warmed milk 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 ½ tablespoons yeast 4 ½ cups high grade flour 1 tablespoons brown sugar 3 tablespoons cinnamon 3 tablespoons mixed spice 1 teaspoon cardamom 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 100g butter, softened or melted 1 cup sultanas 1 cup currants ¼ cup fresh orange + lemon peel, chopped 1. Dissolve sugar in warm milk then sprinkle on the yeast and stir gently. Cover and leave for 10-15 minutes until really frothy. 2. In a big bowl, mix flour, sugar, spices, salt and then pour in the frothy yeast mix and knead with a dough hook in a mixer on low for about 5 minutes or by hand using a butter knife. Mix until you have a scraggy lump. It is very sticky at this stage so if doing by hand I don’t recommend turning out on a bench as it gets too messy, just keep on moving it around the bowl with the knife or a well-floured hand. You will be tempted to keep adding flour. Don’t. 3. Add in the lightly beaten eggs & butter and mix until dough is shiny. 4.Add dried fruit and peel and keep kneading either in the mixer or by hand on a lightly floured bench for 5-10 minutes. Wipe/scrape the bowl clean, oil it and return the dough to the bowl. Cover with plastic or a damp tea towel. Leave somewhere warm to rise until doubled in size - 1.5-2 hours. 5. Turn out risen dough and divide into 4 , then each 1/4 into 4-5 pieces to shape into buns. Place buns in lined tray and leave to rise again until doubled - 45mins or so. 6. Make the glaze & paste for crosses. 7. Add crosses and bake 180 C for 25-30 mins. Glaze straight from oven. 8. Slather in butter and eat! Crosses 4 tablespoons plain flour 1 tsp sugar Splash of water Mix together to form a thick paste. Put in piping bag or zip lock bag with corner snipped out to apply crosses to buns. Glaze 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons boiling water 1 teaspoon orange zest Simmer ingredients for 4 minutes then brush on cooked buns. #hotcrossbuns #easter #homemade #baking #butter | Nici Wickes

Here’s the only recipe for Hot X Buns you’ll ever need! My recipe never fails, they’re so so fluffy and full of flavour. Make them this long weekend 🥰💃🏼🌸 1 ½ cups warmed milk 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 ½ tablespoons yeast 4 ½ cups high grade flour 1 tablespoons brown sugar 3 tablespoons cinnamon 3 tablespoons mixed spice 1 teaspoon cardamom 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 100g butter, softened or melted 1 cup sultanas 1 cup currants ¼ cup fresh orange + lemon peel, chopped 1. Dissolve sugar in warm milk then sprinkle on the yeast and stir gently. Cover and leave for 10-15 minutes until really frothy. 2. In a big bowl, mix flour, sugar, spices, salt and then pour in the frothy yeast mix and knead with a dough hook in a mixer on low for about 5 minutes or by hand using a butter knife. Mix until you have a scraggy lump. It is very sticky at this stage so if doing by hand I don’t recommend turning out on a bench as it gets too messy, just keep on moving it around the bowl with the knife or a well-floured hand. You will be tempted to keep adding flour. Don’t. 3. Add in the lightly beaten eggs & butter and mix until dough is shiny. 4.Add dried fruit and peel and keep kneading either in the mixer or by hand on a lightly floured bench for 5-10 minutes. Wipe/scrape the bowl clean, oil it and return the dough to the bowl. Cover with plastic or a damp tea towel. Leave somewhere warm to rise until doubled in size - 1.5-2 hours. 5. Turn out risen dough and divide into 4 , then each 1/4 into 4-5 pieces to shape into buns. Place buns in lined tray and leave to rise again until doubled - 45mins or so. 6. Make the glaze & paste for crosses. 7. Add crosses and bake 180 C for 25-30 mins. Glaze straight from oven. 8. Slather in butter and eat! Crosses 4 tablespoons plain flour 1 tsp sugar Splash of water Mix together to form a thick paste. Put in piping bag or zip lock bag with corner snipped out to apply crosses to buns. Glaze 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons boiling water 1 teaspoon orange zest Simmer ingredients for 4 minutes then brush on cooked buns. #hotcrossbuns #easter #homemade #baking #butter | Nici Wickes

Here’s the only recipe for Hot X Buns you’ll ever need! My recipe never fails, they’re so so fluffy and full of flavour. Make them this long weekend 🥰💃🏼🌸...