Hot Cross Buns

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 32mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    403
based on 7 ratings

This classic Easter treat is best served toasted with lots of butter.

recipe updated Mar 13, 2025

Ingredients

  • Bread flour icon
    Bread flour
    500 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon
  • Mixed spice icon
    Mixed spice
    3 teaspoons
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    50 g
  • Butter icon
    Butter
    50 g
  • Dried mixed fruit icon
    Dried mixed fruit
    200 g
  • Dried yeast icon
    Dried yeast
    1 teaspoon
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    200 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    2
  • Cake flour icon
    Cake flour
    3 tablespoons
  • Water icon
    Water
    3 tablespoons
  • Honey icon
    Honey
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Kcook bowl
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Piping bag

Step preview

  1. Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. Fit midi blade to kCook bowl
  3. Add bread flour, salt, mixed spice, caster sugar and butter to the kCook bowl
  4. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  5. Attach lid to kCook bowl with filler cap fitted
  6. Mix with filler cap fitted - 30 sec, speed 12
  7. Then add dried mixed fruit and dried yeast to the kCook bowl
  8. Mix with filler cap fitted - 30 sec, speed 7
  9. Then add milk and egg to the kCook bowl
  10. Mix with filler cap fitted - 1 min, speed 7
  11. Let rest - 5 min
  12. Transfer content of kCook bowl to lightly floured surface
  13. Knead lightly
  14. Divide into eighths with dough scraper
  15. Roll into balls
  16. Transfer dough to baking sheet and cover
  17. Prove until doubled - approx 1 hr
  18. Pre-heat oven - 220°C
  19. Add cake flour and water to a clean small bowl
  20. Mix with teaspoon
  21. Transfer content of small bowl to piping bag
  22. Pipe
  23. Bake - 12 min, 220°C
  24. Brush with honey
  25. Serve
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