Choc chip hot cross buns. Make a gorgeous batch of these hot cross buns studded with dark chocolate chips to celebrate Easter. Learn how to create perfectly soft buns with expert tips and tricks.
Apart from the traditional bread, there’s one thing that I make every year during Easter. Yes, you guessed it - hot cross buns. For me, piping hot buns fresh out of the oven slathered with butter is pure heaven. This year, I’m going to make a delicious variation of classic buns - choc chip hot cross buns.
This is honestly my foolproof recipe for hot cross buns. A recipe tried and tested over the years. And I’m so excited to bring you this amazing recipe with a chocolate upgrade. If you love fresh hot cross buns, don’t forget to add this to your recipe repertoire.
The recipe for this choc chip hot cross buns start with making the basic bread dough. It’s so easy to put together, you don’t even need any expensive kitchen gadgets. Just a large bowl, a wooden spoon and muscle work. Let your hands do the magic.
Start with the yeast mixture. Mix together yeast, sugar and milk. Wait until it’s frothy. As yeast is one of the most important ingredient in this choc chip hot cross bun recipe, don’t forget to check the expiry date on the packet.
Once the yeast mixture is ready, mix together flour, spices, egg, yeast, raisins and choc chips. Bring them together to create a sticky dough. I’ve used both raisins and choc chips in this recipe. However, if you’re not a fan of raisins, feel free to substitute with more chocolate chips. Again, with the chocolate chips, you have three options - dark, milk or white. Or a combination of dark and white chocolate chips.
Now, the sticky dough goes to a warm spot in your kitchen to rise. Ideally, the dough has to rise at least double its original size. The risen dough needs to be kneaded well and then divided into 16 balls. The dough is allowed to rise two times, and this process is what makes these choc chip hot cross buns so perfect.
Before you bake the buns, you’ll also need to make flour paste to pipe the crosses on top of the buns.
The baked hot cross buns gets a sweet glaze on top, and that’s definitely going to make them look amazing.
Oh, how I love the aroma of freshly baked buns! These taste as good as (even better) the fresh buns from my favorite local bakery. Simply delicious!
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Ingredients
Yeast mixture:
- 4 teaspoon active dried yeast 2x7g sachets
- ¼ cup granulated sugar caster sugar
- 1 and ⅓ cups warm milk
Dough:
- 4 cups all purpose flour plain flour
- 60 g butter softened
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 egg at room temperature
- ¾ cup dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup raisins
Flour paste for crosses:
- ½ cup all purpose flour plain flour
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar caster sugar
- ⅓ cup water
Glaze:
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon gelatin powder
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
Yeast mixture:
- Combine together yeast, sugar and milk in a bowl. Cover and stand in a warm place for about 10 minutes or until frothy.
Dough:
- Sift together flour and spices into a large bowl. Using your hands, rub in butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add yeast mixture, egg, raisins and chocolate chips. Stir with a wooden spoon to make soft sticky dough. Cover and stand in a warm place for about 45 minutes or until dough has doubled in size.
- Turn dough onto a floured surface. Knead for about 5 minutes or until smooth. Divide the dough in 16 equal portions. Roll into balls. Place balls 5 cm apart in two greased 23 cm square cake tins. Cover and stand in a warm place for about 30 minutes or until buns have risen.
- Preheat oven to 190C or 375 F.
Flour paste:
- Combine together flour and sugar in a small bowl. Add water to make thick paste. Place flour paste in a ziplock bag, cut off the ends, and pipe crosses on buns. Or use a piping bag fitted with small plain tube.
Glaze:
- Place sugar, gelatin powder and water in a saucepan. Stir to combine. Stir constantly, without boiling, until sugar and gelatin are dissolved. Keep warm.
Hot cross buns:
- Bake buns in oven for about 20-30 minutes or until well browned. Turn onto wire rack and brush with hot glaze.
- Cut the buns in halves, spread with butter, and serve warm.
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angiesrecipes says
These hot cross buns look authentic and so festive!