Add to: Recipe Box | Grocery List | Meal PlannerRecipe submitted by Alan Wadsworth, Physics, UoC, NZ PHYS168@can'tva.can'terbury.ac.nz
Hot Cross Buns Ingredients (use vegan versions): 1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 tablespoon sugar
500 gm currents
1 tablespoon peel (optional)
1 1/2 teaspoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1/3 cup warm water
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:Put flour, salt, spice, 1 tbsp vegan sugar, currents (and peel) in a bowl. Leave in a warm place.
Mix yeast, 1 tsp vegan sugar and water. Leave yeast mixture to rise. Stir yeast mixture into flour mixture. Knead, roll into buns and leave in a warm place to rise. Bake 10-15 minutes at 425F. Makes six.
thanks
Archived comment by: hilary
yum! I made them for a Sunday brunch. Lovely.
Archived comment by: toni
what exactly is meant by peel?
Archived comment by: jahflow
You can buy candied citrus fruit peel at you HFS or at most grocery stores around Christmas and Easter.
Archived comment by: amers
wot kind of flour is it u use
Archived comment by: shellyuk
I didn't have currants or peel, so I just used dried cranberries. The buns were nice, crusty and kind of dense.
Archived comment by: veganosaurus
I've made these a couple of times and they come out quite dense and heavy. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions?
Archived comment by: rebecca_mccarthy