My Mum's Hot Cross Buns | Community Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 4 cups all-purpose flour (please try and use a breadmaking or bakers flour, you will get a much superior result)
• 1 beaten egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 10 dried yeast (1.5 sachets)
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup sugar
• 2 ounces butter
• 1½ cups warm milk
• ½ cup golden raisins (and/or raisins)
• 1 tablespoon Zante currants
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped mixed peel