Eggless Hot Cross buns

Eggless Hot Cross Buns are so flavourful and easy to make and so soft and rich because of all the butter, dry fruits, milk and orange zest.

📝 Ingredients

• 225 gm Bread Flour/ Maida
• 50 gm Sugar
• 1/8 tsp Dry Ginger Powder
• 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Instant Yeast
• 1 tbs Orange Zest
• 150 ml Milk
• 30 gm Butter
• 75 gm Mixed Dry Fruits
• 1 tbs Maida
• 2 tbs - Water

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Mix together flour, salt, sugar, ginger, cinnamon and instant yeast in a stand mixer bowl.
2. 2Add butter and milk and heat until butter melts. Allow it to cool down.
3. 3Add the butter and milk mix to the dry ingredients and make shaggy dough.
4. 4Knead the dough for ten minutes, if kneading by hand or eight minutes if kneading by mixer.
5. 5Place the dough in a bowl and cover it with a cling film.
6. 6Allow it to double in volume. It may take anywhere from 45 minutes to two hours depending on the climate.
7. 7Degas the dough, add the dry fruits mix and knead the dough until the fruits get mixed well in the dough.
8. 8Divide the dough into 9 equal portions.
9. 9Roll them into tight balls.
10. 10Line a 7” square tin with parchment and arrange all the balls in the tin.
11. 11Cover and let it become 1.5 times the volume.
12. 12Preheat oven to 200C.
13. 13Mix together flour and water to make a smooth batter and transfer to a piping bag.
14. 14Brush the top of the buns with milk and pipe out cross on top of the buns using the maida mix.
15. 15Bake the buns for 20 minutes in the preheated oven.
16. 16Remove from oven and apply butter on top of the buns immediately.
17. 17Allow the buns to cool.
18. 18Serve it toasted with butter and jam.