Traditional Hot Cross Buns Recipe - Food.com (2024)

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Submitted by Rhonda O

"Easter Tradition"

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Ready In:
2hrs

Ingredients:
17
Yields:

30 Buns

Serves:
30

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ingredients

  • 2 (1/4 ounce) packages active dry yeast
  • 1⁄2 cup water (110 to 115 degrees)
  • 1 cup warm milk (, 110 to 115 degrees)
  • 1⁄2 cup sugar
  • 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 6 1⁄2 - 7 cups all-purpose flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 1⁄2 cup dried currant
  • 1⁄2 cup raisins

  • GLAZE AND ICING

  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 4 teaspoons milk
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract

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directions

  • In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in water.
  • Add milk, sugar, butter, vanilla, salt, nutmeg and 3 cups of flour; beat until smooth.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
  • Stir in the currants, raisins and enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
  • Turn onto a floured board; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes.
  • Place in a greased bowl; turn once to grease top.
  • Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
  • Punch dough down; shape into 30 balls.
  • Place on greased baking sheets.
  • Cut a cross on top of each roll with a sharp knife.
  • Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
  • Beat water and egg yolk; brush over rolls.
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
  • Cool on wire racks.
  • For icing, combine sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth; drizzle over rolls.

Questions & Replies

Traditional Hot Cross Buns Recipe - Food.com (13)

  1. Pastries are less sweet in the UK. I use less sugar, and pipe the cross with a flour/water paste

    Peter R.

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Reviews

  1. These are just perfect! I was looking at hot cross buns in the store today and thinking how they must be easy to make. This recipe proved it. I even forgot the salt but it didn't seem to affect the recipe. They taste so much better fresh out of the oven than the store-bought ones. I baked them for 15 minutes at 170 C in a fan oven (it would be about 190 C in a normal oven) and they turned out a beautiful dark brown.

    Sackville

  2. Used Craisins and raisins because we did not have currents.

    Tanya

  3. Excellent and easy to follow recipe. I used Rapid Rise yeast (2 pkgs) and proofed the yeast then added according to instructions. I also added 2 tbs of lemon juice replacing the milk called for. Then I spooned the icing into a baggie, cut the end and piped my cross. Just wonderful and tasty

  4. I made these for a bake sale that a friend of mine was doing for the Cure for Cancer. I made an extra one so I could taste them--delicious!. I did add 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon cloves to the dough since several other recipes called for them. I also only used raisins as I didn't have any currants. Will be making these for my family for Easter this year. Thank you for sharing!Update: I cut the recipe in half and made these in my bread machine for my family for Easter. They were even better than the batch I made for the bake sale!

    Whinyard

  5. What an easy and tasty recipe. I subbed cinnamon for the nutmeg and used only raisins. Instead of just cutting crosses into the tops I made a thicker vanilla frosting and piped crosses. These wowed them at the Easter family dinner. Thanks Rhonda for an awesome recipe.

    Aussie-In-California

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Tweaks

  1. Cut recipe in half. Turned out great!

    Tanya

  2. What an easy and tasty recipe. I subbed cinnamon for the nutmeg and used only raisins. Instead of just cutting crosses into the tops I made a thicker vanilla frosting and piped crosses. These wowed them at the Easter family dinner. Thanks Rhonda for an awesome recipe.

    Aussie-In-California

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Rhonda O

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Hello, I am Rhonda from Southern Indiana. Many of the recipes I have posted are my Dear Mothers. She was a Great Cook! My posting is A tribute to her. For All the world to see her recipes. I lost my Mother to Cancer on May 6th 2001. 7/19/05 Took in a Stray Cat! His name is ROCKY. I love this site! I enjoy all the recipes and when I get a good review it makes me smile. Because it is for MOM!!!??

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