Easter BAKING
BBC Good Food ME|April 2020
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CASSIE BEST & ANNA GLOVER
Easter BAKING

Hot cross cinnamon buns

MAKES 12

PREP 25 mins

COOK 25 mins plus 3 hrs proving

MORE EFFORT V

250ml whole milk

1 lemon, zested

150g butter, cubed

640g strong white flour, plus extra for dusting

2 tsp cinnamon

85g golden caster sugar

7g sachet fast-action dried yeast

2 medium eggs, beaten separately a little vegetable or sunflower oil, for proving

50g light brown soft sugar

100g mixed dried fruit

100g cream cheese

75g icing sugar

1 Warm the milk and lemon zest in a small saucepan until steaming. Remove from the heat and add 25g butter, swirling until it has melted and the milk has cooled slightly.

2 Mix 500g flour, 1 tsp cinnamon, the caster sugar, yeast and 1 tsp salt in a large bowl. Pour in the milk mixture and one of the beaten eggs, then combine with a wooden spoon until the mixture clumps together. Tip out onto your work surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 mins – the dough should bounce back when pressed with your finger. Transfer to an oiled bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave to rise for 2 hrs or until doubled in size.

3 While the dough rises, make your cinnamon butter. Mash the remaining butter and cinnamon with the light brown sugar.

This story is from the April 2020 edition of BBC Good Food ME.

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