Showing posts with label Hot Cross Buns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hot Cross Buns. Show all posts

Monday, 27 February 2012

LFGF Gluten Free Hot Cross Buns


You need a mixer with a dough hook to do this recipe.


Ingredients:

4 Teaspoons Dry Yeast (gluten free)
60g Butter or nuttelex
1 Tablespoon apricot jam
¼ Cup Caster Sugar
1 Egg, lightly beaten                                 
1 Cup warm milk
½ Cup warm water
4 Cups lfgf bread or pastry mix
¾ Cup dried currants
1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ Cup mixed peel
                                   
Flour paste
½ Cup LFGF Pastry Mix
1 Tablespoon Caster Sugar
1/3 Cup Water

Method:

1. Combine yeast, sugar and the warm milk in a mixing bowl, whisk until yeast is dissolved.


2. Cover bowl with cling wrap, stand in a warm place for about 10 minutes or until mixture is frothy.

3. Place flour and cinnamon into a large bowl; rub in butter.
4. Stir in yeast mixture, egg, warm water mix with dough hook for about 5 minutes .
5. Then put in currants, mix peel then mix until the dough gets lighter in colour.
Tip: With our LFGF mixes, if you wet your scoop and your hands, it will stops LFGF sticking (see photo) using the ¼ cup to scoop. 
6. Divide dough into 16 portions, place bough into a wet hands roll into a ball then place in a 23cm square slab cake tin.
7.  Place wire rack into proofing oven then dough on top of rack and 2 mugs of hot water place lid one proving oven then put in a warm place(a car is a good place on a cold day).
 Leave for 1 hour or until dough has risen to top of tin.
8. Flour paste: Combine LFGF pastry mix, sugar in a small bowl, gradually blend in the water. Stir until smooth.
9. Place flour paste into piping bag fitted with small plain tube, pipe across onto buns. 
10. Bake in a moderately hot oven for 10 minutes, reduce heat to moderate, bake about a further 15 minutes.

11. Turn buns onto wire rack brush with warmed sieved apricot jam.
12. Enjoy with a lovely cuppa or hot chocolate (best bit!) :)