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Matcha Hot Cross Buns

Matcha Hot Cross Buns (without raisins)

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Course Bread
Cuisine Greek
Servings 12 buns

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Luke Warm Milk (any kind of milk will do)
  • 1 tsp Active Dry Yeast
  • 1 tsp white sugar (just to proof yeast)
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 cup Milk
  • pinch salt
  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1 tablespoon Rishi Matcha Powder
  • 3 cups All Purpose Flour (You may need more or less depending on the temperature and humidity of your kitchen)

Egg wash

  • 1 egg beaten

Icing topping

  • 1 tsp Milk
  • 1/4 cup powder sugar (you might need more or less depending on the milk you used)

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl, combine 1 cup warm milk, yeast and 1 tsp sugar and mix together. Let sit for 10 minutes. It will start foaming and bubbling, if this doesn't happen, you will need to get new yeast as your yeast might be too old.
  • In a large bowl or stand mixer, add yeast mixture, eggs, remaining sugar, milk, salt, melted butter, cinnamon and matcha powder and mix.
  • Add 1 cup of flour at a time into mixture with your dough hook attachment in your stand mixer and add remaining flour until you create a slightly sticky bread dough. You can also mix by hand and knead the dough for about 6 minutes.
  • Oil your bowl and let dough rise for 1.5 hours covered in a warm place
  • Cut your dough into halves and divide equally into 12 dough balls
  • Roll each ball as round as possible and make the tops as smooth as you can and place them in a 9 inch oiled square baking dish. (The buns will be placed close together)
  • Cover and let rise for another 30 minutes in a warm place
  • Brush tops of buns with a beaten egg (be generous, you want that nice golden colour)
  • Preheat oven to 375F or 190C and bake buns for 15 minutes or until tops are golden brown
  • Let buns cool for about 15 minutes. In the meantime, combine your milk and icing sugar to create the icing. Please icing cross on top of each bun!
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