...while we were visitng family for Easter we did some Easter Baking...
...I had been wanting to make Hot Cross Buns...but needed to use ingredients that were on hand...so I just adapted several recipes into one...I've listed my ingedients below...
...and here's the technique...
...first I warmed the almond milk and added the sugar, cinnamon, and yeast...
...stirred that up...and added the melted Earth Balance...
...then stirred in the flour...
...until I had a sticky dough...turned that out and kneaded it a bit...
...put it back in the bowl to rise...
...in about an hour it had doubled...
...so I punched it down...
...added the raisins...
...divided it into 8 rolls...
...snipped the tops...first one way...
...and then the other...to form a cross...
...let them rise again...about 20 minutes...the cross will open up a little bit as it rises...
...bake until golden brown...
...mix up a glaze...about 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and a tablespoon of almond milk...
...then drizzle the glaze into the cross indentations...
...a little might drip down onto the pan...but fill in the indentation pretty well...
Vegan Hot Cross Buns
3/4 cup almond milk
4 tablespoons sugar
1 pkg active dried yeast
¼ cup melted vegan margarine - I used Earth Balance
2 ¾ cups plain flour (Plus more for kneading)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch salt
2 small boxes of raisins - the single serving size
Vegan Glaze
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon almond milk
...Have you ever made Hot Cross Buns?...
~Have a lovely day!
no, i've never made them, but they look yummy! love, k
ReplyDeleteThe hot cross ins I remember from childhood were currant buns with a cross made from white bread dough on the top. Now they are much more exotic with more spices in them but I have to say I buy mine!
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