As it was Easter yesterday, and I don’t really like Hot Cross Buns, I decided to make variant of them, simple Sticky Buns. It’s more or less the Hot Cross Bun recipe, but without the fruit and peel.
You will need
- 400g plain flour
- 50g of strong white flour (though you can just use all plain if you want)
- 50g caster sugar
- 50g melted butter
- 1 pack of dried yeast (the sort that doesn’t need activating in water first)
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- half tsp ground ginger
- half tsp salt
- 150ml warm water
- 50ml warm milk
- 1 beaten egg
- Also, 1tbsp of caster sugar for glaze
- Sift together flours, cinnamon, ginger and salt.
- Mix in sugar and dried yeast
- Pour in water, milk, egg and butter and mix well
- Knead the dough on clean work surface for between 5 to 10 minutes until elastic
- Put in an oiled bowl, cover, and leave in a warm place to rise for about an hour
- Knock back the dough and seperate into 12 small balls. Place these on greased baking sheets
- Cover and let them rise again in a warm place for 30 minutes.
- Preheat over to gas mark 7, 220C, 425F
- Bake for 15 minutes
- When they come out, glaze with a mix or 1 part sugar to 1 part water melted in pan, then brushed over the surface.
- Enjoy!
These will only last about a day before going stale, but you probably won’t run into that problem as they are to delicious to leave that long.
