A tasty Easter bun decorated with the traditional cross. You can add fruit or chocolate bits to enhance your bun. Ingredients:
4 Cups Plain Four 1 Teaspoon Salt 30g Yeast 1 1/2 Cups Milk 1/2 Cup Sultanas 60g Butter 1/2 Cup sugar 1 Egg 1/2 Teaspoon Mixed spice 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon Method: Cream yeast with 1 Tablespoon of each sugar and flour, add lukewarm milk and mix well. Cover and stand in a warm place for 10-15mins or until mixture is frothy. Sift remaining flour, salt, sugar and spices together. Rub in butter, add beaten egg, sultanas and yeast mixture mix into a dough. Stand bowl covered with a clean teatowel in a warm place for 40mins or until dough has doubled in size. Punch down dough, turn out onto a floured surface, knead until smooth and elastic. Cut dough into 3 equal pieces, cut those into 5 equal pieces to create 15. Pre heat oven to 200'c. Knead and shape into buns and place onto a lightly greased 18x24 tin, stand in a warm place for 10-15mins or until buns reach the top edge of tin. Sift 1/2 Cup of plain flour, Mix with 1/3 Cup water into a paste. Fill mixture int a piping bag with a small hole cut across the corner. Pipe crosses on each bun. Bake in a hot oven for 15-20mins. Remove from oven and serve . Note: To make bun look glazed brush over a glaze made of 1 Tablespoon sugar, 1 Tablespoon Gelatin and 1 Tablespoon Hot Water.
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