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Christmas Pudding Buns

By Kate, Hippopotamousse
The night before you want to bake these 'Christmas pudding' buns combine the flour, yeast, sugar, salt and citrus z...
- For the dough
- 400 g strong white bread flour
- 7 g sachet of dried fast action yeast
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- zest of 1 orange
- zest of 1 lemon
- 250 ml semi-skimmed milk
- 100 g unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large free range egg
- oil for kneading
- For the filling
- 1.5 tightly packed cups of sultanas (or a mixture or currants, raisins and sultanas)
- 5 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp demerara sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 100 g mixed citrus peel
- 100 g glace cherries, chopped into quarters at least
- 1 handful flaked blanched almonds
Easy and Proper Hot Cross Buns

By lpsatchell
Hot Cross buns are very impressive but easy to make with little practice
- 500g Strong White Flour (Plain Flour works with extra as required)
- Pinch Salt
- 10g Yeast
- 80g Sugar
- 300 ml Milk (and extra)
- Water
- 1 egg
- 50g mixed peel
- 80g Sultanas
- 1 apple peeled and diced
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- Cross
- Plain Flour
- Water
- Finish
- Four tablespoons of apricot jam
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