Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns

  Ready in : 45 mins

Hot Cross Buns is a breakfast that serves 12. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 86 calories. For 11 cents per serving, this recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is brought to you by Foodista. Easter will be even more special with this recipe. 11 person were glad they tried this recipe. If you have salt, baking soda, nutmeg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 10%. This score is very bad (but still fixable).

Ingredients

baking powder

baking powder

1 teaspoon

baking soda

baking soda

0.5 teaspoon

cinnamon

cinnamon

0.5 teaspoon

flour

flour

2 tablespoons

nutmeg

nutmeg

0.25 teaspoon

raisins

raisins

0.5 cup

salt

salt

1 teaspoon

shortening

shortening

4 tablespoons

milk

milk

0.75 cup

sugar

sugar

0.25 cup

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Sift flour once, measure, add baking soda, baking powder, salt, sugar and spices, and sift again.

    baking powder

    baking powder

    baking soda

    baking soda

    spices

    spices

    all purpose flour

    all purpose flour

    sugar

    sugar

    salt

    salt

  2. 2
    Cut in shortening.

    shortening

    shortening

  3. 3
    Add raisins.

    raisins

    raisins

  4. 4
    Add enough sour milk to make a stiff dough. Turn onto floured board. Knead slightly.

    soured milk

    soured milk

    dough

    dough

  5. 5
    Roll 1/2 inch thick.

    roll

    roll

  6. 6
    Cut with 2 inch cutter.

  7. 7
    Place close together in shallow pan.With sharp knife, cut a cross in each roll.

    roll

    roll

    knife
    knife
    frying pan
    frying pan
  8. 8
    Brush with a solution of milk and sugar.

    sugar

    sugar

    milk

    milk

  9. 9
    Bake in hot 475 degrees for 20 minutes.

    oven
    oven
  10. 10
    Brush again with sugar and milk solution. Fill cross with plain frosting.

    frosting

    frosting

    sugar

    sugar

    milk

    milk

  11. 11
    Serve hot. Makes 12 buns.

    roll

    roll