Dough:
10 ounces Golden raisins
10 ounces Dark raisins
3 ounces Candied Orange Peel
2 1/4 pounds Bread flour
4 ounces Shortening
3 1/2 ounces Granulated sugar
10 grams Dough conditioner (optional)
2 ounces Dry milk powder
2 3/4 ounces Compressed yeast
1 tablespoon Salt
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon Cardamom, ground
1 teaspoon Allspice, ground
2 teaspoons Ginger, ground
1 tablespoon Cinnamon, ground
19 fluid ounces Water
Cross Dough:
4 ounces Pastry flour
3/4 ounce Shortening
3 1/2 fluid ounces Milk
6 fluid ounces Bun Glaze
Yield: 30 Rolls
1. Place the raisins and candied orange peel in a small bowl and cover with hot water. Let soften in the water for 5 minutes. Drain the water and let the fruit condition for 2 to 4 hours before using. Set aside.
2. Place the flour, shortening, sugar, dough conditioner, if using, dry milk powder, yeast, salt, eggs, vanilla extract and spices in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the dough hook. Add the water and mix the dough on low speed for 3 minutes until moistened. Stop the machine and scrape the bowl. Add additional flour if necessary to create a soft dough. Mix the dough on medium speed for 6 to 7 minutes until it is soft and pliable.
3. Add the conditioned fruit and mix the dough on low speed until the fruit is well distributed in the dough. If necessary, dust the dough lightly with more flour to help the fruit incorporate.
4. Scrape the dough onto a flour-dusted workbench. Cover and ferment for 30 minutes. Deflate the dough and fold it into thirds then let it rest for another 15 minutes.
5. Divide the dough into 3-1/2-ounce (100-gram) pieces. Round the dough into tight rolls with a smooth top surface. Place the formed rolls, seam side down on a paper-lined half sheet pan. Position them in rows on the tray, 5 rolls by 6 rolls so that the rolls touch when fully proofed.
6. Proof the rolls with low humidity until doubled in size, approximately 50 minutes.
7. While the rolls proof, prepare the cross dough. Combine the pastry flour, shortening and milk in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until the shortening is well blended and the dough is lump free.
8. When the rolls have proofed, scoop the cross mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip. Quickly pipe a cross over the surface of each roll.
9. Bake at 375°F (190°C) until the rolls are a rich brown color, approximately 15 minutes.
10. Brush the hot rolls generously with the chilled Bun Glaze, making certain they are well coated so that no dry spots appear when the glaze dries.
Notes: Method: Straight dough
Fermentation: 45 minutes, Proofing 1 hour
Bread often plays a major role in holiday and religious observances. The hot cross bun is traditional Lenten bread, its exact origins unknown. Some say that it has pagan origins, the cross representing the moon and its four quarters. Anglo-Saxons ate the sacramental buns in honor of their goddess Eastore. When the Romans arrived in Britain, the clergy tried to stop the use of the sacramental buns, but could not. So they blessed them and gave the cross on the buns a Christian meaning. Traditionally these buns are decorated with dough piped across the top before baking, not a sweet icing as is commonly seen. A thin glaze brushed over the buns provides the added sweetness.
10 ounces Golden raisins
10 ounces Dark raisins
3 ounces Candied Orange Peel
2 1/4 pounds Bread flour
4 ounces Shortening
3 1/2 ounces Granulated sugar
10 grams Dough conditioner (optional)
2 ounces Dry milk powder
2 3/4 ounces Compressed yeast
1 tablespoon Salt
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon Cardamom, ground
1 teaspoon Allspice, ground
2 teaspoons Ginger, ground
1 tablespoon Cinnamon, ground
19 fluid ounces Water
Cross Dough:
4 ounces Pastry flour
3/4 ounce Shortening
3 1/2 fluid ounces Milk
6 fluid ounces Bun Glaze
Yield: 30 Rolls
1. Place the raisins and candied orange peel in a small bowl and cover with hot water. Let soften in the water for 5 minutes. Drain the water and let the fruit condition for 2 to 4 hours before using. Set aside.
2. Place the flour, shortening, sugar, dough conditioner, if using, dry milk powder, yeast, salt, eggs, vanilla extract and spices in the bowl of a mixer fitted with the dough hook. Add the water and mix the dough on low speed for 3 minutes until moistened. Stop the machine and scrape the bowl. Add additional flour if necessary to create a soft dough. Mix the dough on medium speed for 6 to 7 minutes until it is soft and pliable.
3. Add the conditioned fruit and mix the dough on low speed until the fruit is well distributed in the dough. If necessary, dust the dough lightly with more flour to help the fruit incorporate.
4. Scrape the dough onto a flour-dusted workbench. Cover and ferment for 30 minutes. Deflate the dough and fold it into thirds then let it rest for another 15 minutes.
5. Divide the dough into 3-1/2-ounce (100-gram) pieces. Round the dough into tight rolls with a smooth top surface. Place the formed rolls, seam side down on a paper-lined half sheet pan. Position them in rows on the tray, 5 rolls by 6 rolls so that the rolls touch when fully proofed.
6. Proof the rolls with low humidity until doubled in size, approximately 50 minutes.
7. While the rolls proof, prepare the cross dough. Combine the pastry flour, shortening and milk in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until the shortening is well blended and the dough is lump free.
8. When the rolls have proofed, scoop the cross mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip. Quickly pipe a cross over the surface of each roll.
9. Bake at 375°F (190°C) until the rolls are a rich brown color, approximately 15 minutes.
10. Brush the hot rolls generously with the chilled Bun Glaze, making certain they are well coated so that no dry spots appear when the glaze dries.
Notes: Method: Straight dough
Fermentation: 45 minutes, Proofing 1 hour
Bread often plays a major role in holiday and religious observances. The hot cross bun is traditional Lenten bread, its exact origins unknown. Some say that it has pagan origins, the cross representing the moon and its four quarters. Anglo-Saxons ate the sacramental buns in honor of their goddess Eastore. When the Romans arrived in Britain, the clergy tried to stop the use of the sacramental buns, but could not. So they blessed them and gave the cross on the buns a Christian meaning. Traditionally these buns are decorated with dough piped across the top before baking, not a sweet icing as is commonly seen. A thin glaze brushed over the buns provides the added sweetness.
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