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Inspired by: https://thehealthychef.com/blogs/recipes/healthy-hot-cross-buns
Healthy Hemp Hot X Buns
It's Easter Time!!!
Ingredients
- 330 g all purpose plain flour
- 50 g new hemisphere™ Hemp Seed Flour
- 5 g dried yeast
- 2 tbsp honey
- 250 ml milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 orange
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 150 ml omeganz™ Olive Oil
- 300 g sultanas
- 100 g dried apricots, chopped
- 100 g good quality dark chocolate (min. 70%)
Egg Wash
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp milk
Instructions
DAY ONE
- Sift the plain flour then combine with new hemisphere™ Hemp Seed Flour, yeast, honey, milk, eggs, grated orange zest, vanilla, sea salt, and spices in the mixing bowl of a bench top mixer.
- Mix with the dough hook on a low speed to first combine the ingredients then increase the speed to medium and mix for 8 minutes until smooth.
- Add the olive oil slowly, until incorporated into the dough. If difficult to combine, finish off manually using a rubber spatula.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to rest at room temperature for an hour.
- Place the dough in the refrigerator overnight to rest and develop for a further 12 hours. You can go over 12 hours though make sure you cook the buns the following day. This step in the process is important because it helps produce a light and fluffy hot cross bun.
DAY TWO
- Divide the dough into 18 even size portions. Shape each into a round and place in a baking dish lined with non-stick baking paper. If the dough is too moist, you may have to knead a little with extra flour until it can be portioned.
- Leave to set in a warm place for approximately 2 hours. This will depend on the warmth of your kitchen – if cool, turn the oven on low with the door open to help the buns prove. The mixture is quite dense however the buns will still rise a little.
- Preheat oven 180°C Fan Forced.
- Combine the egg and milk to make an egg wash. Brush the tops of the buns with the egg wash.
- Bake 35 minutes or until cooked through and golden brown.
- Cool slightly.
- Melt chocolate and then pipe (or drizzle with a teaspoon) Xs over the buns.