Did someone say Easter’s on the way? Pancake day is done and dusted, and I’m sure you’ve seen those chocolate eggs filling up the seasonal aisle in your local supermarket (Katie, I want the Mint Chocolate Lindor one please, if you hadn’t already guessed). Plus I’m basically living off those incredible Mini Egg yogurts that you can only get for three months of the year.
Well, all of this Easter chocolate got me in the mood to bake something a little bit festive, and so my Hot Cross Bun Loaf was born.
Hot cross buns are an under-rated Easter bun of deliciousness. Traditionally they are a sweet little yeast bun made with dried fruit (usually raisins and currants), flavoured with spices, and topped with a flour paste cross. I’ve shared a recipe for hot cross buns on this blog before – check out my chocolate cherry hot cross buns recipe for a bit more of an idea as to what they’re supposed to look like (excuse the photos – they were taken yeaaaaaars ago).
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Correct me if I’m wrong (and I probably am) but hot cross buns are usually eaten in the UK, as well as Australia and New Zealand, but haven’t really ever made it big across the pond in the States. Which is a travesty.
Today’s recipe is a hot cross bun on steroids. Imagine a loaf of freshly baked white bread and a hot cross bun had an affair – this would be the resulting offspring.
It’s based on a standard white bread recipe, with a little less strong white flour and a little more all-purpose flour to keep things a bit lighter. Plus, all the standard ingredients you would expect to find in a hot cross bun – dried fruit, spices, orange and lemon zest, and that trademark flour cross on top.
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The method below is for a bread maker, because I’m absolutely too lazy to make bread by hand now that I have my beloved Panasonic Bread Maker. If you haven’t already invested in a bread maker, then I seriously suggest you do because it will change your life, as well as saving your arms. It does all the mixing, rising, kneading, and even the baking for you! Just pop the ingredients in, set the program, and sit back and relax. Some models even come with a timer so you can pop the ingredients in before you go to sleep, and wake up to freshly baked bread in the morning.
Except there’s a catch. If you want to add the cute little flour crosses (or smiley faces, or whatever else you want to pipe on there) then you’re going to have to remove the dough from the bread maker before it gets to the baking stage, knead in the dried fruit, leave to rise in a loaf tin, pipe the flour decorations on, and then bake as you usually would in the oven.
If you’re not fussed about the crosses, then go ahead and bake the whole recipe in the bread maker. Mine has a handy little dispenser for adding fruit and nuts part way through the process, so if you’ve got this functionality on yours then definitely use it. And make sure to use a setting on your bread maker that allows for this.
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If you don’t have a bread maker, then that’s okay. The recipe below can be adapted to be made by hand. Just place the milk, butter, egg, flours, sugar, salt, spices, and zests into a large bowl (or in your stand mixer) and beat together until a dough forms. Knead on a floured surface for 10 mins or so, and then leave to rise for an hour in a bowl covered with a towel or clingfilm. Once doubled in size, add the dried fruit and peel by kneading in to the dough, and then shape into a loaf and place in a lined loaf pan. Leave to rise again for an hour, and then decorate and bake as per the recipe below.
This hot cross bun loaf should stay fresh for 3-4 days if stored in an airtight container somewhere cool - don't keep in the fridge. As with all bread, it is much nicest eaten on the day of making.My grandmother used to whip up a loaf of fruit bread in her bread maker every few days. I loved it and still have a soft spot for a fruit loaf. Her secret was some ground cardamom.
This loaf is a versatile one! Make it as a loaf for delicious fruit toast, plait it and drizzle with icing for an afternoon treat, or shape into buns for a traditional Easter bun.
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Place the milk, water, butter and brown sugar in a small bowl and mix. Add the yeast and place in a warm place for 25–35 minutes. The yeast should cause the mixture to foam.
In the bowl of your mixer (with the dough hook attached), place the flour, salt and spices. Mix well before adding the liquid. Knead with the dough hook for 10 minutes. Add the dried fruit and knead in.
Remove the dough from the bowl. Clean the bowl (I do this with hot water, so it retains some of the heat), before lightly greasing it and returning the dough back. Cover with cling film and/or a damp tea towel and place in a warm spot to rise. You want the dough to double in size.
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Punch the dough down and shape into buns, place in a large loaf tin, or divide into three and roll and plait. Cover with a tea towel and leave to rise again. When doubled again in size, bake in a pre-heated 190°C oven for 25–35 minutes for buns (around 40–50 minutes for a loaf depending on its shape and size). You know it is cooked if you tap it and it sounds hollow.
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