Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients:

600g bread flour

10g yeast

10g salt

teaspoon mixed spice

teaspoon cinammon

teaspoon nutmeg

75g sugar

75g butter, melted or choppen into small pieces

ginger, grated

300ml milk

1 egg

75g raisins or sultanas

40g dried cranberries

40g mixed peel

plain flour

runny honey

Step 1: the dough
Mix the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl and add the milk, egg and butter

Kneed until you get a nice smooth dough - add more flour or milk if you need to get the right consistency - pour a little extra milk on at the end to help the fermentation

Step 2: Add fruit and roll out

After the dough has risen - ideally leave for a few hours or overnight - punch it back, flatten into a sheet and then kneed the dried fruit into the dough

When the fruit is evenly spread through the dough, split into 12 pieces, roll into balls and place on baking trays - cover with a tea towel and leave to rise

Step 3: Rising and add the crosses

After an hour or so, the balls should have risen and approximately doubled in size

Mix some plain flour with water to make a paste and pipe over the buns giving the crosses (you can use a piping bag for this, or a plastic sandwich bag with a corner cut off)

Step 4: Baking and glazing

Bake for around 15/20 minutes at 200C until brown, then glaze with some runny honey while they are still warm