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raisin hot cross buns

Easy Raisin Hot Cross Bun

5 from 13 votes
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Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Bread

Ingredients
  

For the Dough

  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 TBSP Active Dry Yeast
  • 1 tsp white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup water
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 3 cups all purpose white flour (You may need more or less depending on how dry your kitchen is)
  • 1/2 cup California Raisins
  • oil for brushing bowl

Egg Wash

  • 1 egg, beaten

Cross Icing

  • 1 TBSP water
  • 3 TBSP Icing Sugar

Instructions
 

  • In a mixing bowl, add warmed milk, yeast, and sugar and stir to combine. Let sit for 10 minutes until the yeast foams up
  • Add eggs, water, salt butter, cinnamon into yeast mixture and combine.
  • Add 1 cup of flour at a time to mixture until a dough ball forms.
  • Add raisins and combine.
  • Brush bowl with a little oil and let dough rise for 90 minutes in warm spot (or if your oven has a proof setting). Cover with a moist towel.
  • After 90 minutes, divide the dough ball into either 9 large dough balls or 12 smaller dough balls and put them on a baking pan.
  • Preheat oven to 375 F
  • Let rise for another 30 minutes. Cover with a moist towel.
  • Brush buns with egg wash
  • Bake buns in preheated oven for 15 minutes
  • Mix water and icing sugar until thicken and put into pipping bag
  • Let buns cool completely and pipe a cross on each bun
  • Serve with butter and enjoy!
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