Chocolate hot cross buns - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
12 -
Cook
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Skill
Medium
Ingredients
- 450 g Strong white bread flour
- 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Mixed spice
- 3 tsp Easy bake yeast
- 75 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 80 g Butter (unsalted) at room temperature
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) large
- 200 ml Milk (whole) warm
- 100 g Milk chocolate roughly chopped
- 50 g Mixed peel chopped
- 80 g Raisins
For the crosses and glaze
- 30 g Plain white flour
- 2 tbsp Apricot glaze
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1
Sift the flour, cocoa, salt and mixed spice into a bowl, then stir in the yeast and caster sugar.
For this step you'll need:
- 450g Strong white bread flour
- 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1tsp Salt
- 1tsp Mixed spice
- 3tsp Easy bake yeast
- 75g Unrefined golden caster sugar
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2
Rub the butter into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, this can be done in a food processor.
For this step you'll need:
- 80g Butter (unsalted) at room temperature
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3
Mix the egg with the milk and gradually stir into the flour mixture using a butter knife until a soft dough is formed. Add only enough liquid, you may not need it all.
For this step you'll need:
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) large
- 200ml Milk (whole) warm
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4
Put the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for 10 minutes (this can be done in a mixer with a dough hook on a medium speed for 4-5 minutes), until the dough is smooth and silky.
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5
Place in a large lightly oiled bowl and cover with cling film and leave to rise to at least double in size, about 1-2 hours.
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6
Tip the dough out onto a floured surface and knead in chopped chocolate (not the whole rectangles), mixed peel, and raisins until evenly distributed.
For this step you'll need:
- 100g Milk chocolate roughly chopped
- 50g Mixed peel chopped
- 80g Raisins
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7
Divide into 12 equal pieces, place a rectangle of plain chocolate in the middle of each piece of dough and then shape each one into a round bun so the chocolate rectangle is in the middle. Place in rows (3×4) on a lined baking sheet, leaving about 1cm between each.
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Cover the dough with oiled cling film and leave to rise for another hour or until doubled in size and touching each other.
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9
Preheat the oven 220°C (fan 200°C, gas mark 7). Mix the plain flour with 3 tablespoons of cold water to a paste and fill a food bag, snip the corner ever so slightly (or use a piping bag with a small plain nozzle) and use as a piping bag to pipe crosses onto the buns by going all the way along the middle of the buns in both directions.
For this step you'll need:
- 30g Plain white flour
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10
Bake in the oven for 13-15 minutes until risen, turning the baking sheet if browning on one side too much.
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11
Warm the apricot glaze and brush all over the buns as soon as they come out of the oven. Cool for 10 minutes before serving with butter if desired.
For this step you'll need:
- 2 tbsp Apricot glaze