Hot cross bun for Easter

I got chickenpox last week, rested for a week, but now I'm feeling better :)
Christ is risen :D

I followed the recipe of Jamie Oliver to make some hot cross bun, it's super soft and smells really good (because of the cinnamon)

If you like cinnamon you have to try out this recipe.

It is just taken out from the oven, hot hot hot!! didn't brush honey on it yet!

The flour mixture was liquid so the cross didn't form well....

So lazy to add cross this year...

Ingredients
200ml skimmed milk - I used whole milk
50ml water - I used whole milk
14g dried yeast - I used 10g
5g sugar

55g butter

465g strong bread flour
1tsp salt
1tsp mixed spice - I didn't add any
1tsp cinnamon
1/2 nutmeg - I used 1tsp nutmeg
50g sugar
2stems fine chopped fresh ginger - If you don't have any fresh ginger but only powder one, add 1tsp
1.5 egg

55g dried raisin
30g dried cranberry
2tbsp mixed peel - I didn't add any, but I think you can add lemon or orange peels

0.5 egg

2tbsp flour
1tbsp water

running honey


Instructions
1. Warm milk &water by either microwave or sauce pan, add in sugar, mix well, then add yeast. Put it aside

2. Melt butter, put it aside

3. In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, salt, spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, ginger
Add in yeast mixture and melted butter, mix well
Add in egg, mix well

4. Knead the dough until it becomes smooth and not stick on the side of the mixing bowl
Rise the dough in  a warm place until it is doubled (about 1.5hour or you might need longer time)

5. Punch the dough
Add in dried fruits & peels, fold them several times to mix the fruits into the dough evenly

6. Divide the dough into 12 portions
Roll them into balls
Place them on a tray lined baking sheet and let the dough rise until size doubled (about 1.5-2hrs)

7.  When the size of the dough is about doubled, brush 0.5 egg mixture on the surface of the dough

Preheat the oven at 190°c, place a small bowl of water at the bottom in the oven

8. Mix 2tbsp of flour and 1tbsp water to become thick mixture, if it is too thick, add little bit of water each time

Place the mixture into a piping bag with round tip, squeeze the mixture on the bread vertically and horizontally so that each bun has a cross on the top

9. Bake for 12-15mins or until it is golden color

10. brush running honey on the top
Serve hot!

Enjoy!