The best hot cross buns recipe | Gourmet Traveller

The best hot cross buns recipe | Gourmet Traveller

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We tested three hot cross buns recipes from three cookbooks, and combined them to create the best hot cross bun recipe of all time.

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Ingredients

  • 100 gm currants
  • 100 gm sultanas
  • Juice of 1 orange
  • 40 ml Pedro Ximénez
  • 50 gm candied orange peel, finely chopped
  • 200 ml milk
  • 3 tsp dried yeast
  • 470 gm strong baker's flour
  • 2½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ¾ tsp ground allspice
  • ½ tsp ground cloves
  • 60 gm light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 60 gm softened unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
  • Finely grated zest of ½ orange
  • 1 tsp sunflower oil
  • Glaze
  • 150 gm (⅔ cup) caster sugar
  • Scraped seeds from ½ vanilla bean

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