Ingredients
Buns
Crosses
Glaze
Directions
- Step 1:
Place flour, sugar, salt and butter into a large mixing bowl.
- Step 2:
Add spices and fruit cake mix, combine.
- Step 3:
Pour yeast into milk, add egg and mix well.
- Step 4:
Make a well in the centre of the flour and pour in the yeast mixture. Mix well, and turn out onto a floured work surface.
- Step 5:
Knead until dough is silky. The raisins will go everywhere, this is totally normal.
- Step 6:
Leave in a large glass bowl for to double in size. Cover with a towel or cling film.
- Step 7:
Turn out the dough onto a clean surface and knead for a minute. Divide into 16 equal pieces.
- Step 8:
Roll each piece into a round bread roll and place onto a greased baking sheet, leaving some space in between for the buns to rise.
- Step 9:
Cover with a dish towel and leave to rise for . Preheat oven to 200ºC.
- Step 10:
Mix crosses ingredients and pour sticky mixture into a zip lock bag or a piping bag.
- Step 11:
Snip the corner of the zip lock bag or piping bag and pipe crosses onto the buns.
- Step 12:
Place buns into the oven and reduce the temperature to 180ºC. Bake for , until buns are golden on the top and sound hollow when tapped.
- Step 13:
Combine the glaze ingredients and heat in the microwave for , stirring every 30 seconds to prevent boiling over.
- Step 14:
Brush glaze over the buns and cool on a wire rack.
- Step 15:
Serve with butter, cheese or jam
