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Hot cross buns
Photo: Eiliv Sonas Aceron

Hot cross buns

15 ingredients 30 min + 20 min MAKES 15 openrecipes
Hot cross buns

Follow master baker Paul Hollywood's ultimate step-by-step guide to creating perfectly decorated fruit buns

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1013
Calories
30g
Protein
27g
Fat
166g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 300ml full-fat milk , plus 2 tbsp more
  • 50g butter
  • 500g strong bread flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 75g caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 7g sachet fast-action or easy-blend yeast
  • 1 egg , beaten
  • 75g sultanas
  • 50g mixed peel
  • zest 1 orange
  • 1 apple , peeled, cored and finely chopped
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 75g plain flour , plus extra for dusting
  • 3 tbsp apricot jam

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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