Hot Cross Buns: an Easy Traditional Hot Cross Bun Recipe
"A Hot Cross Bun is always in any list of Easter recipes as it is customary to eat the buns on Good Friday. This Hot Cross Bun recipe is a quicker, lighter recipe than the Traditional Hot Cross Bun which requires a starer dough and a slow rising. Though the recipe is made more quickly, the taste is not compromised in any way: the sweet, spicy buns taste just as good as the traditional ones. Originally eaten by the Saxons to honor their goddess Eostre the buns are marked with a cross as it is believed the bun represented the moon and the cross the moon's quarters. To Christians, the cross symbolizes the crucifixion...."
INGREDIENTS
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For the Buns
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500g/1lb 2oz strong, white bread flour
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55g / 55g Muscovado sugar
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1 tsp salt
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2 tsp mixed spice
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1 tsp ground cinnamon
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55g / 2 oz cold butter cut into small pieces
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100g/ 3 ½ oz mixed dried fruits
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25g / 1 oz candied mixed peel
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7g ¼ oz dried yeast
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300 ml /½ pint/ warm (not hot) milk
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For the Crosses
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75g / 2 ½ oz all purpose plain flour
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35g / 1 ½ oz cold butter, cut into small pieces
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Glaze
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1 ½ tbsp apricot jam, warmed
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