Delicious Hot Cross Buns
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- 4 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 ½ cups raisins
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoons apricot jam, warmed and strained
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Instructions
- Whisk warm milk, sugar, and yeast in a medium bowl until sugar dissolves. Cover and let stand until yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.
- Sift 4 ¾ cups flour, cinnamon, allspice, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl.; rub in butter with your fingers until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in raisins, eggs, and yeast mixture; mix until well combined.
- Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place dough in a large, lightly-oiled bowl and turn to coat. Cover the bowl with a towel; set aside to rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 45 minutes.
- Punch down risen dough with your fist; transfer to a flat surface and knead for 1 minute. Divide into 12 pieces; roll into buns.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Arrange buns neatly in the prepared baking dish, cover the dish with plastic wrap, and set aside to rise in a warm place for 15 minutes.
- Whisk ½ cup flour and water together in a small bowl to form a smooth paste, transfer to a piping bag, and carefully pipe a cross onto bun tops.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue baking until buns risen and golden in color, about 15 minutes more. Immediately brush buns with warmed apricot jam.
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