Hot Cross Buns

Name: Hot Cross Buns
Yield: Makes about 18 buns
Ingredients: ¼ c. milk; ½ c. shortening; 1 tsp. cold water; 1 egg white; ¾ c. currants; 4 c. sifted flour (about); 3 eggs; ½ c. warm water (110 to 115°); 2 pkgs. active dry yeast; ¾ tsp. salt; ⅓ c. sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
18
buns

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Easter buns with frosting crosses—traditionally served on Good Friday

Ingredients

¼ c. milk
⅓ c. sugar
¾ tsp.

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Scald milk, add sugar, salt and shortening; cool to lukewarm.
Sprinkle yeast on warm water; stir to dissolve.
Add eggs, yeast and 1 c. flour to milk mixture; beat with electric mixer at medium speed about 2 minutes, occasionally scraping the bowl. Stir in currants and enough remaining flour, a little at a time, to make a soft dough that is easy to handl