Fruit Hot Cross Buns – Cooking for Oscar

Ingredients

• 150ml milk (warm)
• 8g Lowan's Dried Instant Yeast (or as per yeast instructions)
• 1 teaspoon caster sugar
• 1 cup plain white flour
• 1 cup plain wholemeal flour
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup
• 50g unsalted Butter (softened and chopped)
• 1 cup dried fruit - apple, pear, banana, paw paw (chopped into 1/2 to 1cm sized pieces, refer to the basics page for making preservative-free dried fruit.)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons plain white flour
• 2 - 3 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup