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World's Best Hot Cross Buns ????

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Have a Read, interesting, includes the recipe used.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&
amp;objectid=12020986

Cheers

valentino - 2018-03-27 18:15:00
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Seems a great recipe but I wouldn't grind my own spices! Like the cross mixture, I bet its delicious.

catdog68 - 2018-03-27 18:48:00
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We have just had the most amazing hot Cross Buns made from Brioche(?????spelling)and sweet orange marmalade was written on the packet- brought from M&S UK - we loved them over there and our family members visiting bought us some - really yummy we thought

Have an lovely Easter everyone and if going on holiday travel safely

maryanne19 - 2018-03-28 23:06:00
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I used to work very close to Ima's but have to admit that never purchased any of her hot cross buns. This recipe of hers was published in the Auckland newspaper several years ago and I copied it down then and I have been meaning to try it ever since - I just might do so this weekend.

pogram0 - 2018-03-29 18:25:00
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maryanne19 wrote:

We have just had the most amazing hot Cross Buns made from Brioche(?????spelling)and sweet orange marmalade was written on the packet- brought from M&S UK - we loved them over there and our family members visiting bought us some - really yummy we thought

Have an lovely Easter everyone and if going on holiday travel safely


New World have them too - must admit they are deliciously buttery but I like a bit more spice

sarahb5 - 2018-03-29 18:27:00
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sarahb5 wrote:


New World have them too - must admit they are deliciously buttery but I like a bit more spice

got some but not opened yet so they are nice

bobcat_6 - 2018-03-29 19:04:00
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bobcat_6 wrote:

got some but not opened yet so they are nice


They’re delicious - glad I only got one pack or I’d have eaten the lot!

sarahb5 - 2018-03-29 19:49:00
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With U sarahb5 - NW need much more Spice. Don't seem to be bags of them from bread companies in supermarkets anymore? Only supermarket baked. Guess all the bread companies have disappeared from towns!

sla11 - 2018-03-30 10:49:00
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1st attempt at them from Chelsea Winters recipe - pretty dammed impressed.

kay34 - 2018-04-01 17:21:00
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I made my own for the first time this weekend, they were so delicious that I won't be buying them again, ive frozen a bunch of them and they toast up perfectly!!

sellontrademe - 2018-04-01 18:02:00
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I did Richard Till's last Easter and this Easter and both times turned out 100% perfect. Even I couldn't stuff them up. Amazing light fluffy texture and easy to make. Won't be doing any other recipes ever again.

wildflower - 2018-04-01 19:09:00
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wildflower wrote:

I did Richard Till's last Easter and this Easter and both times turned out 100% perfect. Even I couldn't stuff them up. Amazing light fluffy texture and easy to make. Won't be doing any other recipes ever again.

Yes, agreed being the top Hot Cross Bun recipe.

With the above Ima's recipe, the custard topping could be just too much for me.

Cheers

valentino - 2018-04-01 20:00:00
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Hi Wildflower, Could you please post Richard Tills Hot Cross buns recipe?

jillbo - 2018-04-04 18:02:00
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jillbo wrote:

Hi Wildflower, Could you please post Richard Tills Hot Cross buns recipe?


This may be it...googled Richard Till hot cross buns
This one is dead easy. Richard Till's original I think:

Hot cross buns

1 cup milk
1/2 cup hot water
2 Tabs sugar
2 Tabs dried yeast
2 cups flour
100g butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 Tabs mixed spice
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp cocoa
1tsp vanilla essence
1 cup dried mixed fruit
2 1/2 cups of flour

Mix milk, hot water and 2 Tabs of sugar in metal bowl.

Sprinkle in yeast. Leave to stand until bubbles appear.

Add 2 cups of flour and leave to stand.

Cream butter and sugar, add egg, salt, spices, cocoa and vanilla. Combine the two mixtures and add mixed fruit. Add remaining flour to make firmer dough.

Knead well.

Leave to rise until doubled.

Knead then cut into 20 pieces and form into buns.

Let rise until more or less doubled, make cross slash in top before baking and cook 225C for 12-15 minutes.

Bring out of oven and glaze immediately with two teaspoons of sugar mixed in heated 1 1/2 tspns of water.

wheelz - 2018-04-04 19:03:00
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But!......I would go doing a lot of kneading once the fruit is added, or else the fruit is mushed too much.

wheelz - 2018-04-04 19:05:00
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If you have a breadmaker then you can do this.

Hot cross buns adapted from a Richard Till’s Recipe

Place all in the order of ingredients into breadmaker on the Dough cycle only;

1/2 cup hot water
1tsp vanilla essence
1 cup milk
100g butter
1 egg
4 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 Tabs mixed spice
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp cocoa
2 Tabs sugar
2 Tabs dried yeast

Add into the dough after finished in breadmaker.
1 cup dried mixed fruit

Knead then cut into 20 pieces and form into buns.
Placed into a shallow tin about .5 to a cm apart.
Let rise until more or less doubled, make cross slash in top before baking and cook 225C for 12-15 minutes.
Bring out of oven and glaze immediately with two teaspoons of sugar mixed in heated 1 1/2 tspns of water.

valentino - 2018-04-04 19:58:00
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autumnwinds - 2019-04-01 22:54:00
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I just made Chelsea Winters ...I made them last year and had to make them again ...they are suoerb

ljayl - 2019-04-08 15:59:00
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kay34 wrote:

1st attempt at them from Chelsea Winters recipe - pretty dammed impressed.

I used her recipe last year, but this year it's been an absolute disaster and can't figure out where I'm going wrong. Made 4 batches so far (share them with family and friends) and none of them have been light and fluffy like last year.

spdip - 2019-04-08 17:23:00
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