Thermomix Hot Cross Buns

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5 from 4 votes

These Thermomix Hot Cross Buns are way better than store bought - and are super easy to make.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Additional Time2

Total Time2 30

Course: Thermomix Recipes

Cuisine: British

Servings: buns

Calories: 251kcal

Author: Marianne Rogerson

Equipment

Baking Pan
Non-Stick Parchment Paper
Microplane Fine Cheese Grater or zester

Ingredients

Zest of 1 orange
550 g plain flour
40 g butter
300 g milk
2 eggs
50 g caster sugar
2 x 7g sachets instant yeast
3 teaspoon mixed spice
¼ teaspoon salt
200 g currants

Flour paste for the crosses

70 g plain flour
75 g water

For the Glaze

1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon caster sugar

Instructions

Place the orange zest and 100g of flour into the Thermomix. Mix for 10 seconds / speed 9. Set aside.
Add the butter to the bowl. Melt for 2 minutes / 60 degrees / speed 2.
Add all the remaining ingredients (including the orange/flour mixture), except the currants. Mix for 5 seconds / speed 5.
Add the currants and use the Dough function / 2 minutes.
Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl (it will be very sticky). Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm place to prove until doubled in size. This will take around 1 to 1 ½ hours depending on how warm your kitchen is.
Turn the dough out onto a well floured surface and knock the air out of it. Knead it by hand for a few seconds until smooth.
Divide the mixture into 15 equal portions. Roll each portion into a ball and place on a baking tray that is lined with baking paper. You should have three rows of five buns, spaced around 1cm apart.
Now you need to let the buns prove again for around 30 minutes or until doubled in size. The best way to do this is on a high rack in a cold oven with the door closed and a bowl of boiling water in the bottom of the oven. This creates an ideal warm humid environment. If you can't do this - find a warm, non-drafty place and cover the buns with a clean tea towel while they prove.
While the buns are proving, make the flour paste for the crosses: Add the flour and water to the Thermomix and mix for 30 seconds / speed 4.
Transfer the flour paste to a piping bag and cut off the tip.
Once the buns have doubled in size, remove from the oven (remember to remove the bowl of water) and pre-heat the oven to 180C / 350F.
While you are waiting for the oven to heat up, pipe crosses onto the hot cross buns.
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
As soon as you remove the buns from the oven, mix together the water and sugar for the glaze. Use a pastry brush to brush the tops of the buns and then transfer them to a cooling rack (if you have lined the tray with baking paper, you can easily move all the buns to the cooling rack in one go).
Serve toasted with butter and enjoy.

Notes

If you don't have a citrus zester or fine grater, use a vegetable peeler to peel the orange zest then blitz in the Thermomix for a few seconds on speed 10.

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