Choc Chip Hot Cross Buns

By Stephcooksstuff · 150 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Microwave the milk and butter together for 1.5 minutes, until the butter has melted.
2. Whisk the yeast, sugar and egg into the warm milk and butter.
3. Add the plain flour, mixed spice and cocoa powder and mix until a rough dough forms.
4. Turn the dough onto a floured bench and knead it into a smooth ball.
5. Return the dough to the bowl, cover with cling film and leave somewhere warm for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
6. Flatten the dough, sprinkle the chocolate bits over it, press them in, fold the dough over and knead until the chocolate is evenly mixed through.
7. Shape the dough into a rectangle and cut it into 12 equal pieces.
8. Roll each piece into a ball and place them in a greased baking dish.
9. Cover and leave somewhere warm for 40 minutes, until the buns have puffed up again.
10. Mix the flour paste ingredients (plain flour, sugar and water), put them in a ziplock bag, squeeze out the air, seal it and snip off a small corner. Pipe crosses onto the buns.
11. Bake at 200°C for 25 minutes.
12. Mix the gelatine, sugar and boiling water for the glaze, microwave for 30 seconds and brush over the hot buns.

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