Pear Hot Cross Buns – Cooking for Oscar

Ingredients

• 150ml warm milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoon Lowan's Dried Instant Yeast
• 1 teaspoon caster sugar
• 1 1/2 cup plain white flour
• 1 cup plain wholemeal flour
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• 50g unsalted Butter (softened and chopped)
• 1 pear (peeled, cored and mashed)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons plain white flour
• 2-3 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon pear jam (Refer to Basics Page)