White Chocolate and Cranberry Hot Cross Buns

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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    55mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    400

We all love a hot hot cross bun don't we? Pass the Pepe Saya butter please, this recipe is nothing short of amazing. Lasted less than a day!

Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/white-chocolate-and-cranberry-hot-cross-buns

recipe updated 12 Jan 2022

Ingredients

  • Orange icon
    Orange
    1
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    1
  • Golden caster sugar icon
    Golden caster sugar
    80 g
  • Strong white bread flour icon
    Strong white bread flour
    480 g
  • Buttermilk icon
    Buttermilk
    330 g
  • Pink himalayan salt flakes icon
    Pink himalayan salt flakes
    2 pinches
  • Butter icon
    Butter
    20 g
  • Cinnamon bark essential oil icon
    Cinnamon bark essential oil
    1 ml
  • Lemon essential oil icon
    Lemon essential oil
    1 ml
  • Wild orange essential oil icon
    Wild orange essential oil
    1 ml
  • Mixed spice icon
    Mixed spice
    1 teaspoon
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    ½ teaspoon
  • Dried yeast icon
    Dried yeast
    2 teaspoons
  • Dried cranberries icon
    Dried cranberries
    100 g
  • White chocolate chips icon
    White chocolate chips
    50 g
  • Dark chocolate chips icon
    Dark chocolate chips
    50 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    170 g
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    1 tablespoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon TM5
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Tm5 bowl
  • kCook icon Work surface
  • kCook icon Piping bag
  • kCook icon Saucepan

Step preview

  1. Line a tray with baking paper and set aside
  2. Place Roux ingredients into the Thermomix bowl
  3. Cook - 3 min, 80°C, speed 3
  4. Add flour, salt, butter, buttermilk, zests, oils and dry spices
  5. Mix with MC on - 10 sec, speed 6
  6. Add yeast
  7. Knead - 3 min, dough
  8. Add craisins and chocolate
  9. Knead - 1 min, dough
  10. Scrape dough out onto floured silpat mat and wrap in a tight ball
  11. Let rise until doubled
  12. Divide dough into 8 x 120 g buns (or smaller if you wish to make more buns)
  13. Place on tray, cover and let rise until doubled
  14. Place all Cross ingredients into the Thermomix bowl
  15. Mix with MC on - 30 sec, speed 4
  16. Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
  17. Mix with MC on - 30 sec, speed 4
  18. Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
  19. Place Cross mix into a piping bag with small round tip
  20. Pipe crosses onto the buns
  21. Place buns into a cold oven set to 180°C and bake for 25-30 minutes or until browned
  22. Place The Spice Glaze ingredients into a small saucepan and stir over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved
  23. When you remove the buns from the oven, brush generously with the glaze
  24. Serve hot with lots of butter
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