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Hot Cross Buns With Dried Cherries Recipe

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Hot Cross Buns With Dried Cherries
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
721
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat 1 cup milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until it registers 110 degrees on a candy thermometer. Pour milk into a mixer bowl, and fit mixer with a dough hook. With mixer on low speed, add granulated sugar, yeast, butter, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, the nutmeg, cinnamon, and eggs. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, and knead until mixture comes together in a soft, sticky dough. Continue kneading, scraping down hook as needed, until dough is smooth, about 4 minutes.
  2. Add cherries and raisins, and knead to incorporate. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface, and knead to distribute dried fruit. Coat a large bowl with butter. Shape dough into a ball, and place in prepared bowl. Cover with a piece of plastic, and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
  3. Generously butter a rimmed baking sheet. Turn dough onto a surface, knead briefly, then divide into 3 pieces. Working with 1 piece at a time, divide each third into 10 pieces, and shape each into a tight ball. (Keep dough covered with plastic.) Place on prepared sheet, spacing 1/2 inch apart. Repeat with remaining dough. Cover with plastic, and let rise in a warm spot until buns have doubled in size and are touching, about 1 hour.
  4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisk together egg white and water in a small bowl. Brush tops of buns with egg-white wash. Bake, rotating sheet halfway through, until golden brown, 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool on sheet on wire rack for 30 minutes.
  5. Whisk together remaining 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons milk, confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and a pinch of salt. Spoon icing into a pastry bag fitted with a plain 1/4-inch round tip, and pipe icing on buns in the shape of a cross. (Alternatively, spoon glaze on buns.) Serve immediately.
  6. Helpful Hint
  7. These buns are best eaten the day they are made; if you make them the day before, don't pipe the icing across on the tops. Instead, warm the buns the next day in a 300-degree oven, let cool, and then decorate right before serving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 720.91 Kcal (3018 kJ)
Calories from fat 180.49 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.05g 31%
Cholesterol 73.55mg 25%
Sodium 22.23mg 1%
Potassium 349.09mg 7%
Total Carbs 122.62g 41%
Sugars 36.26g 145%
Dietary Fiber 4.47g 18%
Protein 12.96g 26%
Vitamin C 1.9mg 3%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 1.6mg 9%
Calcium 49.6mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 348.84 Kcal (1461 kJ)
Calories from fat 87.34 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.7g 31%
Cholesterol 35.59mg 25%
Sodium 10.76mg 1%
Potassium 168.92mg 7%
Total Carbs 59.33g 41%
Sugars 17.55g 145%
Dietary Fiber 2.16g 18%
Protein 6.27g 26%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 3%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 8%
Iron 0.8mg 9%
Calcium 24mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 15.3
    Points
  • 19
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium

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