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  • Hot Cross Buns

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    Hot Cross Buns
    Prep: 5 min Cook: 30 min Servings: 1
    by Catherine Pappas
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    Ingredients

    • Rum Raisins:
    • 1/3 cup raisins, chopped
    • Zest of 1 orange
    • 1 tsp. mixed berry marmalade
    • 1 tblsp. culinary rum
    • 1/2 tsp. maple syrup
    • 1/4 cup fruit juice
    • Dough:
    • 3 cups self-rising flour
    • 1/2 tsp. salt
    • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
    • 1/4 cup canola oil
    • 1/4 cup brown sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1 cup milk
    • Glaze:
    • 1 cup confectioner's sugar
    • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
    • 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon of milk

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    2. Grease a 3 qt. baking dish and set aside.
    3. Simmer, in a small sauce pan,over a medium heat all of the ingredients for the rum raisins. Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl and allow to cool.
    4. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, salt and cinnamon. Add oil, brown sugar, and egg. Mix well until well incorporated. Add the milk, half cup, at a time until a fine dough comes together. Add rum raisins and mix with your hands.
    5. Turn the dough onto a well-floured surface and knead until it all comes together and is smooth.
    6. Pull the dough apart making pool ball sized buns; the dough should make about 1 dozen hot cross buns.
    7. Brush each bun with an egg wash (1 egg white + 1 teaspoon milk or water).
    8. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden.
    9. Remove from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack.
    10. While buns cool, whisk confectioner's sugar, vanilla and milk to make a glaze. Add more sugar or milk until you get a thick consistency.
    11. Drizzle a cross pattern over each bun.
    12. Let the glaze set before serving.
    13. Enjoy with butter, cream cheese or jam!

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