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    Hot Cross Buns Recipe

    Last Updated On: Mar 30, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Hot cross Buns Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is made using maida, dry yeast and dried fruits. These buns are fluffy soft and delicious.

    Hot Cross Buns

     
    This bun was on my mind for quite a long time. And to be frank i often forget this recipe completely but each time i remember when maha watches the rhymes "HOT CROSS BUNS, HOT CROSS BUNS, ONE A PENNY, TWO A PENNY, HOT CROSS BUNS" . Finally today i decided to give this a try whatever happens and here i am with the post. 
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    Ingredients for Hot Cross Buns

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 3 cups + more
    • Sugar - ½ cup
    • Milk - 1 ¼ cup or as needed
    • Dry Yeast - 1 tbsp
    • Egg - 1
    • Cinnamon Powder - 1 tsp
    • Unsalted Butter - ½ cup
    • Salt - ½ tsp
    • Raisins - ¼ cup
    • Tutti Fruity - ½ cup

    For Egg Wash:

    • Egg - 1
    • Milk - ¼ cup

    For Icing:

    • Royal Icing - 1 batch (RECIPE HERE)


    (MY 1 CUP MEASURES 240 ML)

     
    The buns as usual turned out fluffy soft and delicious. I loved the buttery texture of the buns with all those dried fruits in them Such a treat. The glaze over the buns was like cherry on top a icecream. So perfect. You have to give this a try. I made a bigger batch of the dough because i am going to use that to make a delicious cinnamon rolls recipe. Will be sharing it in couple of days..

     

     
    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

    How to Make Hot Cross Buns

    1. Take flour, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
    2. Melt butter in a pan, add in milk, sugar and whisk well. Touch and see whether the temp of the milk is luke warm. It has to be very
      warm, if it is hot then the yeast will die.
    3. Once the mix is warm, sprinkle over the yeast and set aside for 5 mins. Now it will be all activated.
    4. Now whisk it well and add in egg and whisk well.
    5. Now add in flour and mix to a sticky dough. Add in raisans and tutti fruity and mix well.
    6.  Cover the dough with a plate and let it rise on a warm spot for 1 hour or till it is doubled in size.
    7. Now add more flour and knead well. Now divide it into equal portions. take one ball and roll it into a smooth ball.
    8. Arrange this in a parchment lined baking sheet and cover it again and let it rise for 1 hour or so.
    9. In the last 10 min of rising, preheat oven to 190 degree C...
    10. Make egg wash by mixing egg with some milk and set aside.
    11. Brush the egg wash over the buns and bake this for 20 to 25 mins till golden.
    12. Remove it and let it cool for 5 mins, remove it to a wire rack and cool it completely.
    13. When the buns are cooling prepare glaze as shown here.
    14. Fill a piping bag or ziploc bag with icing, snip the end off and make criss cross pattern over the buns.
    15. Let it set for an hour and serve.
     

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    Hot Cross Buns Recipe

    Hot cross Buns Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is made using maida, dry yeast and dried fruits. These buns are fluffy soft and delicious.
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Raising Time: 2 hours hours
    Total Time: 2 hours hours 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 15 buns

    Ingredients

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 3 cups + more
    • Sugar - ½ cup
    • Milk - 1 ¼ cup or as needed
    • Dry Yeast - 1 tblspn
    • Egg - 1
    • Cinnamon Powder - 1 tsp
    • Unsalted Butter - ½ cup
    • Salt - ½ tsp
    • Raisans - ¼ cup
    • Tutti Fruity - ½ cup
    • For Egg Wash:
    • Egg - 1
    • Milk - ¼ cup
    • For Icing:
    • Royal Icing - 1 batch RECIPE HERE

    Instructions

    • Take flour, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
    • Melt butter in a pan, add in milk, sugar and whisk well. Touch and see whether the temp of the milk is luke warm. It has to be very warm, if it is hot then the yeast will die.
    • Once the mix is warm, sprinkle over the yeast and set aside for 5 mins. Now it will be all activated.
    • Now whisk it well and add in egg and whisk well.
    • Now add in flour and mix to a sticky dough. Add in raisans and tutti fruity and mix well.
    • Now cover the dough with a plate and let it rise on a warm spot for 1 hour or till it is doubled in size.
    • Now add more flour and knead well. Now divide it into equal portions. take one ball and roll it into a smooth ball.
    • Arrange this in a parchment lined baking sheet and cover it again and let it rise for 1 hour or so.
    • In the last 10 min of rising, preheat oven to 190 degree C...
    • Make egg wash by mixing egg with some milk and set aside.
    • Brush the egg wash over the buns and bake this for 20 to 25 mins till golden.
    • Remove it and let it cool for 5 mins, remove it to a wire rack and cool it completely.
    • When the buns are cooling prepare glaze as shown here.
    • Fill a piping bag or ziploc bag with icing, snip the end off and make criss cross pattern over the buns.
    • Let it set for an hour and serve.
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    Hot Cross Buns Step by Step

     
    Take your ingredients for dough

     

    I used tutti fruity and raisans

     

    Take flour in a bowl

     

    add in some salt

     

    add in cinnamon 

     

    mix well

     

    take butter in a pan, i am going to make the dough in this so i used a big pan

     

    melt it down

     

    add in milk

     

    add in sugar

     

    whisk till sugar is melted

     

    touch the milk to check the temperature..The milk has to be luke warm.
    If it is hot then it will kill the yeast..so make sure the milk is very very warm

     

    Now sprinkle over yeast..this is dry yeast

     

     set this aside for 5 mins so the yeast is activated

     

    now whisk this well

     

    add in 1 egg

     

    whisk again

     

    now add in flour mix in

     

    the dough has to be sticky..The more stickier the dough the more soft the buns will become

     

    add in the tutti fruity and raisans

     

    mix well

     

    cover and let it rise for 1 to 2 hours

     

    now the dough is well risen

     

    sprinkle more flour

     

    knead for 5 mins or so

     

    now the dough is soft and supple

     

    divide it into equal portions

     

    take a ball

     

    shape it into a smooth ball

     

    arrange it in a greased baking pan

     

    let this rise again for 1 hour or so

     

    Now make egg wash

     

    add some milk to egg

     

    whisk well

     

    use a pastry brush 

     

    brush over the buns

     

    time to bake

     

    bake till golden

     

    remove it on a cooling rack and cool completely

     

    i made a batch of my eggless royal icing..RECIPE HERE

     

    i filled a piping bag with it and snipped of the end

     

    make a criss cross pattern

     

    done

     

    enjoy 
     
     

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