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Hot Cross Buns
Ingredients:

4 cups - plain flour

1 1/2 cups - milk

1/2 cup - sultanas

1/2 cup - sugar

1 tsp - salt

60 g - butter

30 g - compressed yeast

1 - egg

1/2 tsp - mixed spice

1/2 tsp - cinnamon

Method:

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2. Cream yeast with 1 tsp. each of the sugar and flour, add lukewarm milk, mix well.
   
   
   
3. Cover, stand in warm place 10 to 15 mins. or until mixture is frothy.
   
   
   
4. Sift flour, salt, sugar and spices, rub in butter, add beaten egg, sultanas and yeast mixture, beat well.
   
   
   
5. Cover bowl with clean cloth, stand in warm place 40 mins. or until dough doubles in bulk.
   
   
   
6. Punch dough down, turn out on to floured surface, knead well until dough is smooth and elastic.
   
   
   
7. Cut dough into 3 equal pieces, cut each piece into 5, making 15 buns in all.
   
   
   
8. Knead each into round shape.
   
   
   
9. Put buns in lightly greased lamingtin tin, stand in warm place 10 to 15 mins. or until buns reach top edge of tin.
   
   
   
10. Sift 1/2 cup plain flour, mix to paste with 1/3 cup water.
    
    
    
11. Fill into small plastic bag with small hope cut across corner.
    
    
    
12. Pipe crosses on each bun.
    
    
    
13. Bake in hot oven 15 to 20 mins.
    
    
    
14. Remove from oven, immediately brush glaze made by the dissolved 1 tbsp. sugar and 1 tsp. gelatine in 1 tbsp. hot water.
    
    
    
15. Cool buns on wire rack.