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dairy & gluten free hot cross buns recipe

Dairy & Gluten Free Hot Cross Buns Recipe

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Proving 1 hour
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

  • 8 g Fast Active Yeast
  • 100 g Organic Golden Sugar
  • 167 ml or 3/4 cup of Dairy Free Milk
  • 130 g Raisins or Sultanas
  • 2 Large Egg Yolks
  • 51 g Ghee Butter
  • 1 Tsp Vanilla Bean Paste
  • 5 Drops of Organic Orange Oil
  • 1 Zest of a large Orange
  • 400 g Organic Gluten Free Flour
  • 1 Tsp Xanthan Gum
  • 2 Tsp Baking Powder
  • 2/3 Tsp Cream of Tartar
  • 1/2 Tsp Bicarbonate Soda
  • 1/4 Tsp Organic All Spice
  • 2 Tsp Organic Hot Cross Bun Spices.
  • 1/4 Tsp Organic Himalayan Pink Salt

Smiley Paste Mix:

  • 4 Tbsp Gluten Free Flour
  • 3 Tbsp Warm Water

Instructions

  1. In a bowl add your yeast and take 1 Tbsp of sugar from the 54g you've weighed out and add it to the yeast.
  2. Warm the milk up in your microwave for 1 minute 30sec and pour it over the yeast mix.
  3. Set aside in a warm place to froth up.
  4. Soak the raisins in some boiled warm water. Give it a mix and set aside.
  5. Blitz the remaining sugar up in your blender to a fine dust.
  6. In a separate bowl, add 2 egg yolks, Ghee butter, Vanilla bean paste, orange oil, the blitz sugar and the orange zest.
  7. Give it a good mix and set aside.
  8. In a separate bowl, add the flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, cream of tartar, bicarbonate of soda, salt, ground allspice and the hot cross bun spice mix.
  9. Give it a mix about and set aside.
  10. Got back to your wet mixture and add in the yeast mixture. Mix it up well.

  11. Now sieve in the flour mixture and combine well. It should start forming a dough.

  12. Drain the raisins and add them to your dough mixture.
  13. Beat the egg whites and fold them into your dough mixture lightly.
  14. Get a flat baking sheet and line with baking paper.
  15. Oil your hands a bit.
  16. Plonk on 8 blobs onto the sheet, share them out equally as best you can.
  17. Leave about 1/2" gap between them so they can expand.
  18. Let them stand for 5-10 mins.
  19. Get some warm water in the bowl and wet your fingers slightly.
  20. Start to shape them into buns. They should be less sticky now.

  21. Wet your fingers again and smooth over the top.
  22. Cover lightly with cling film.
  23. Leave them to rise in a warm area for 1hr. They should double in size.

To make the dough crosses (smiley faces)

  1. Mix the flour with the water to make a paste.

  2. Stick the paste into a piping bag.
  3. Pipe on your crosses, smileys, stars or whatever shape you wanna do...go on be creative!
  4. Beat up an egg yolk and lightly brush the tops of the buns.
  5. Pop them in the oven for 20-22 minutes on 190c. Check them at 20 minutes.
  6. Leave to cool slightly.