Ingredients Needed
This hot cross bun recipe is very simple and requires ingredients you would use for any enriched, yeasted dough. Adding eggs, butter and milk to a bread dough recipe results in a richer dough which bakes into the perfect soft and fluffy buns. I added a lot of chocolate chunks to this recipe because chocolate makes everything better. If you don’t like raisins, you could omit the raisins and just add chocolate but I kind of like the fruity burst of sweetness the raisins add, especially with the addition of bitter dark chocolate.
Flour. All purpose flour or bread flour will both work. Instant yeast. Sugar. Spices: Cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves. Salt. Butter. I use salted butter but unsalted butter can be used instead. Eggs. Milk. Dark chocolate. Raisins. The raisins can be omitted or substituted with dried cranberries, currants or sultanas. Chopped dried apricots can also be used.
How to make hot cross buns
What do you eat hot cross buns with?
They are best eaten warm with butter. Hot cross buns are also excellent sliced and toasted.
Do you warm up hot cross buns?
If you using store-bought, I would definitely recommend heating them up before serving them. The easiest way is to toast them but you can also wrap them in foil and warm them up in the oven for a few minutes.
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Easter Candy bark Air Fryer Hot Cross Buns Garlic rosemary leg of lamb Toasted coconut cupcakes Puff pastry asparagus bundles Slow-braised lamb shanks
