How to Prepare Eric Ripert Hot Cross Buns

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A hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun usually made with fruit, marked with a cross on the top, and traditionally eaten on Good Friday in the United Kingdom; Ireland; Australia; India; New Zealand. Hot Cross Buns was an English street cry, later perpetuated as a nursery rhyme and an aid in musical education. It refers to the spiced English confection known as a hot cross bun, which is associated with the end of Lent and is eaten on Good Friday in various countries. One a penny, two a penny.

Hot Cross Buns is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Hot Cross Buns is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hot cross buns using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Make ready Dough:
2. Take strong flour/white bread flour
3. Make ready plain flour/all-purpose flour
4. Get mixed spice
5. Get lukewarm milk
6. Make ready lukewarm water
7. Make ready active dry yeast
8. Make ready salt
9. Take sugar (3 heaping Tbsp)
10. Prepare egg, beaten
11. Get unsalted butter (3 1/2 Tbsp)
12. Make ready dried mixed fruit or raisins (a small bowlful)
13. Get Crosses on top:
14. Make ready some plain flour
15. Take water
16. Prepare Glaze:
17. Take marmalade or apricot jam
18. Make ready water

But hot cross buns can be a treat to make and eat any time of year, and they're perfect for breakfast. Brush tops of buns with egg wash. Hot cross buns, traditionally eaten on Good Friday, are steeped in superstition - a cross was cut into the top of them before baking to 'let the devil out' and some people kept buns from one Easter to the. Spoon into a piping bag with a small nozzle.

Instructions to make Hot Cross Buns:

1. Mix all the dough ingredients in a large bowl until it forms a ball of dough you can knead. Remove to a board sprinkled with flour and knead for about 10 minutes until the dough is smooth, soft and elastic.
2. Form the dough into a ball and put back into the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let it rise until about doubled in size (usually 1 hour but if it's chilly it could take 2 hours).
3. Once the dough is about double in size, bring it back to the floured board and knead it briefly to push out the air. Divide it into 8 equal pieces.
4. With each piece of dough, form round buns. Place the 8 buns on a floured or lined baking tray (leave a little space in between) and cover lightly with a tea towel. Let rise for about another 30 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
6. To make the crosses, mix together a small amount of flour with a little water until it forms a thick paste. Use the paste to make crosses across the top of each bun.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the hot cross buns are golden. While the buns are baking, mix together the marmalade/apricot jam and water, then brush it over the buns when they come out of the oven (still hot!).
8. Let the hot cross buns cool on a wire rack, and enjoy for Easter!

Hot cross buns, traditionally eaten on Good Friday, are steeped in superstition - a cross was cut into the top of them before baking to 'let the devil out' and some people kept buns from one Easter to the. Spoon into a piping bag with a small nozzle. Pipe a line along each row of buns, then repeat in the other direction to create crosses. Ree Drummond's traditional hot cross buns recipe is delicious and easy to make. The site may earn a commission on some products.

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