How to make Hot Cross Buns

Prep Time : 40 minutes

Cook time : 15 minutes

Serve : Depends on quantity

Level Of Cooking : Medium

Ingredients

• Refined flour (maida) - 3 1/4 cups

• Fresh yeast - 2 teaspoons

• Sugar - 3 1/2` tablespoons

• Milk - 1 1/2 cups

• Salt - a pinch

• Butter - 2 tablespoons

• Tutti frutti - 1/2 cup

• Method

  Step 1

  Mix the flour and salt into a large bowl. Put yeast in lukewarm water and keep aside. Mix sugar and water in another bowl.

  Step 2

  Add both the mixtures to the flour and mix throughly. Add some milk till all of it is gets into the dough. Knead the mixture till the dough is soft and smooth.

  Step 3

  Cover the mixture with a damp cloth and rest the dough till it doubles in volume. Heat the oven to 240°C. Now you can add some tutti frutti to the dough.

  Step 4

  Form into round buns, make a cross on the top with the back of a knife. You could also cut very thin strips of dough and place them on the top of the buns in a cross.

  Step 5

  Keep them them aside to rise for another 15 minutes on a greased tray. Bake the in the heated oven for ten minutes.

  Step 6

  Mix sugar with a tablespoon of water and heat it gently till the sugar dissolves. Now you can brush the buns with this sugar and water mixture as soon as they are out of the oven and they are ready to be served.

• Bon Appetit!