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Hot Cross Buns Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
3/4 t. salt
1/2 cup butter
2 packages dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
3 eggs
4 cups sifted flour (more if needed)
3/4 cup currants (or raisins)
1 egg white
1 t. cold water
white frosting (recipe follows)
Directions:
Directions:
Scald milk and then add sugar, salt and butter. Cool to lukewarm. Sprinkle yeast on the warm water and stir to dissolve. Add eggs, yeast and 1 cup flour to the milk mixture and beat with electric mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes, occasionally scraping the bowl. Stir in currants and enough flour, a little at a time, to make a soft dough that is easy to handle. Knead the dough and turn out onto a floured board. Pat to 1/2" thickness and cut into rounds with a 2 1/2" biscuit cutter. Shape cutouts into buns and place 1 1/2" apart on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled (about an hour). With a very sharp knife, cut a shallow cross on the top of each bun and brush tops with egg white mixed with 1 t. cold water. Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes then fil the crosses with frosting.

Frosting:

1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 t. vanilla
2 T. hot water (just enough to create the right consistency)

Yields about 18 buns.

 

 

 

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