Name: Hot Cross Buns
Yield: Makes 12 buns
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: Generous Pinch of salt; 1 teaspoon active dry yeast; ½ cup (90 g) diced mixed candied orange and lemon peel or golden raisins; 1¼ cups (300 ml) milk; 1 egg, lightly whisked; ¼ teaspoon ground ginger; 4 tablespoons (60 g) salted butter, plus more for the pan and for serving; ½ cup (80 g) firmly packed dried currants; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ cup (50 g) superfine sugar; ½ teaspoon grated orange zest; 3½–4 cups (440–500 g) flour, plus more for the work surface and bowl; ½ teaspoon grated lemon zest

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Makes
12
buns

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook

By Downton Abbey

Published 2020

About

These sweet spiced buns, a hallmark of the Easter season, became popular in England in the seventeenth century, when rich yeast-risen doughs were in vogue. Perhaps even more commonly enjoyed for breakfast than for afternoon tea, hot cross buns were a staple of the Downton tables, both upstairs and downstairs, and were regularly seen cooling in Mrs. Patmore’s kitchen.

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