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Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross buns are traditionally eaten for Good Friday breakfast. Because they are fruity and spicy, they break the fast when rich food has been given up for the period of Lent. The cross, of course, is a reminder of how Jesus died.
Ingredients
  • 450g white flour
  • 1 level teaspoon salt
  • 1 level teaspoon mixed spice
  • 50g margarine
  • 50g caster sugar
  • 1 packet of easy-blend yeast
  • 175g currants
  • 50g sultanas
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 250ml warm milk
  • some vegetable oil
  • pastry for the crosses
  • milk and sugar
  1. Set the oven to gas mark 2 - 150°C (300°F).
  2. Mix the flour, salt and spice into a heatproof bowl and put them in the oven to warm for about 3 minutes.
  3. Rub in the margarine and add the sugar, yeast and fruit. Stir well together.
  4. Add the egg and warm milk and mix well. Knead until smooth.
  5. Cut the dough into four pieces. Cut each quarter into six and shape into buns.
  6. Place on greased and floured baking-trays.
  7. Put inside oiled polythene bags (To oil a bag, put in a dessertspoon of oil and shake well.
  8. Leave in a warm place until the buns double in size.
  9. Turn up the oven to gas mark 6 - 200°C (400°F).
  10. Roll out small amounts of pastry and cut into strips.
  11. When the buns have risen, place the strips in a cross shape on top. Glaze the buns with sugar/milk mixture (1 part sugar:5 parts warm milk).
  12. Bake for about 15 minutes.
  13. Allow to cool.

  


G. Jones:
The FitzWimarc School, Rayleigh, Essex
Copyright © G. Jones 2001
Homepage: http://www.fitzwimarc.org.uk