You'll wish every day was Easter with these traditional sultana, currant and spice-flavoured hot cross buns. A favourite with everyone, especially scrumptious served hot from the oven (and if you have no breadmaker, no worries, just use a bowl).
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I have made this twice in the last week. My staff and family loved them and said they were better than shop bought ones!
5
Johanna
Listened to the other reviews and added less water. I soaked my sultana in hot water first and added heaps of spices. Absolutely delicious, the glaze makes all the difference
4
Lorraine M
Being on lockdown and taking over a week to get a pickup date for groceries, I substituted the following: marmalade for citrus peel, plain flour for whole meal, raisins for currents and coconut sugar for brown sugar. The latter gave a nice colour too. Husband says they were better than the shop made ones. I will be making these again.
4
Josie
Love this recipe, have made these several times over the last few weeks. Quantities of ingredients work well for me and I use the leavened dough function in my bread maker and add the extras after it finishes its first knead (20mins). Tastes amazing and I easily make 16 buns
5
Meredith
Clearly I'm doing something wrong. Have made these twice and both times the dough has come out super sticky. Ended up kneeling in more flour. Tasted nice, it what a mess to make them
3
Antonia
Yummy and really easy! By citrus rind I assumed you mean mixed peel so used this rather than citrus rind, turned out well
5
Unknown
Tastes EXACTLY like hot cross buns from the store. Don't do what I did however and COOK the dough in the machine as well as it over flows like crazy. I am going to make again tomorrow following the instructions properly. But the taste is amazing.
5
Unknown
delicious and super easy
5
Lyn
Adding extra ingredients 30 minutes and not dough cycle on my machine is too long. Would have been better to add not long after starting or at beginning. Buns not that successful. But will try again
3
Ravenworks
I didn't have any peel but added the zest of one orange. Added the fruit about halfway through mixing as my bread maker doesn't stop for this. The dough was sticky so just covered it in flour to roll into sausage shape. Do in 2 lots is easier. Used baking paper in Swiss roll tin. Sugar didn't melt in the glaze properly but it made for a rustic look. It was very light and fluffy and yum with heaps of butter! Also yum the next day but make sure you heat them or toast them before serving.
Place dough ingredients into a bread machine in the order listed. Set a timer for 30 minutes if your machine doesn't have a fruit addition timer built in. Turn the machine on using the "dough only" function. After 30 minutes add the "later addition to the dough" ingredients.
When the "dough only" function signals ready, remove the dough onto a well-floured surface and knead into a long sausage shape - like a stick of French bread. Using scissors cut off pieces the size of a tennis ball and place into a well-greased or baking paper lined Swiss roll tin, approximately 20cm x 25cm. The balls of dough should touch each other.
To make the crosses, place the Edmonds High Grade Flour and water in a small zip lock plastic bag and seal. Squish the bag to mix the flour paste well. Snip off the corner and pipe crosses onto the surface of the buns. Allow the buns to rise for a further 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 200°C.
Brush the buns with melted Tararua Butter and bake for 20-25 minutes. Remove from the oven and, while piping hot, brush over the Chelsea Caster Sugar glaze. Cool on a wire rack, reheat to serve.
I have made this twice in the last week. My staff and family loved them and said they were better than shop bought ones!
5
Johanna
Listened to the other reviews and added less water. I soaked my sultana in hot water first and added heaps of spices. Absolutely delicious, the glaze makes all the difference
4
Lorraine M
Being on lockdown and taking over a week to get a pickup date for groceries, I substituted the following: marmalade for citrus peel, plain flour for whole meal, raisins for currents and coconut sugar for brown sugar. The latter gave a nice colour too. Husband says they were better than the shop made ones. I will be making these again.
4
Josie
Love this recipe, have made these several times over the last few weeks. Quantities of ingredients work well for me and I use the leavened dough function in my bread maker and add the extras after it finishes its first knead (20mins). Tastes amazing and I easily make 16 buns
5
Meredith
Clearly I'm doing something wrong. Have made these twice and both times the dough has come out super sticky. Ended up kneeling in more flour. Tasted nice, it what a mess to make them
3
Antonia
Yummy and really easy! By citrus rind I assumed you mean mixed peel so used this rather than citrus rind, turned out well
5
Unknown
Tastes EXACTLY like hot cross buns from the store. Don't do what I did however and COOK the dough in the machine as well as it over flows like crazy. I am going to make again tomorrow following the instructions properly. But the taste is amazing.
5
Unknown
delicious and super easy
5
Lyn
Adding extra ingredients 30 minutes and not dough cycle on my machine is too long. Would have been better to add not long after starting or at beginning. Buns not that successful. But will try again
3
Ravenworks
I didn't have any peel but added the zest of one orange. Added the fruit about halfway through mixing as my bread maker doesn't stop for this. The dough was sticky so just covered it in flour to roll into sausage shape. Do in 2 lots is easier. Used baking paper in Swiss roll tin. Sugar didn't melt in the glaze properly but it made for a rustic look. It was very light and fluffy and yum with heaps of butter! Also yum the next day but make sure you heat them or toast them before serving.