Gluten Free Hot Cross Bun

Delicious hot cross buns, great straight from the oven covered with butter.

Credited to: Panasonic

Kcal:

Difficulty: More of a challenge

Serves 10
150 mins prep
20 mins cooking time

Ingredients

  • 500g gluten free bread flour*
  • 50g butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 75g caster sugar
  • 2 tsp dried yeast*
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 330mls full fat milk warmed 
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 125g mixed dried fruit
  • 1 orange, zest
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 75g gluten free plain flour*
  • 5 tbsp water
  • 3 tbsp apricot jam

Notes: *Search our online food and drink information for suitable products.

Method

  1. Mix the flour, butter, salt, sugar and yeast with the egg and warmed milk with a wooden spoon. Bring the dough together with your hands. Do not knead.
  2. Put the dough in a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with oiled cling film and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
  3. Add the remaining ingredients and mix into the dough cover and leave to rise for 1 hour more.
  4. To shape lightly oil your hands and divide the dough into 100g pieces before rolling into balls.
  5. Pre-heat the oven on convection 200ºc
  6. For the crosses mix the flour with about 5 tbsp water adding 1 at a time to make a paste. Spoon into a piping bag with a small nozzle and pipe a line along each row of buns, then repeat in the other direction to make crosses.
  7. Bake for 20 mins or until golden brown.