Total time : 3 hrs 15 mins Servings : 15-16 Cuisine : English
Ingredients : For the buns :
¼ cup dried currants
¾ cup milk, warm
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/4 teaspoons of yeast
5 tablespoons sugar
1 large egg, beaten
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
7 tablespoons melted butter
For the Crosses:
¼ cup water
⅓ cup all-purpose flour, or as needed to make thin, pipe-able dough
Instructions :
Step 1
Whisk warm milk, 1/4 cup flour, and yeast together in the bowl of a stand mixer. Let sit about 15 minutes to ensure yeast is active. Add sugar, beaten egg, lemon and orange zest, cinnamon, salt, cardamom, nutmeg, melted butter, and most of the remaining flour .
Step 2
Mix with a dough hook attachment until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl , 5 or 6 minutes. Continue kneading until dough is soft and shiny, about 10 minutes. Remove dough from dough hook and shape into a ball. Transfer to a lightly floured work surface.
Step 3
Flatten dough into a large oval about 1/2
inch thick. Sprinkle currants evenly over surface of dough. Fold dough into thirds. Turn and fold into thirds again. Reshape dough into a round ball. Transfer to lightly oiled mixing bowl. Cover and let rise in a relatively warm place until double in size, about 2 hours.
Step 4
Divide the dough into equal pieces using a bench scraper. Grease a baking pan .Roll each piece of dough into a round ball. Arrange evenly on prepared baking sheet. Let rise 15 minutes.
Step 5
Mix ingredients for crosses together in a mixing bowl until mixture is thick enough to hold its shape but thin enough to pipe. Transfer mixture to a piping bag. Pipe on the buns. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).Transfer pan to preheated oven. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. And Voila !!!
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