Ingredients

• 4 cups - plain flour
• 1 1.5 cup - milk
• 1.5 cup - sultanas
• 1.5 cup - sugar
• 1 tsp - salt
• 60 g - butter
• 30 g - compressed yeast
• 1 egg
• 1.5 tsp - mixed spice
• 1.5 tsp - cinnamon

How to Make Hot Cross Buns with Sultanas

• Cream the yeast with 1 tsp each of the sugar and flour.
• Add lukewarm milk and mix well.
• Cover and leave it to stand in a warm place for 10-15 mins or till the mixture is frothy.
• Sift flour, salt, sugar and spices.
• Rub in butter, add beaten egg, sultanas, yeast mixture and beat well.
• Cover bowl with clean cloth, leave it to stand in a warm place for 40 mins. or till the dough doubles in bulk.
• Punch dough down, turn it out on to a floured surface.
• Knead well until dough is smooth and elastic.
• Cut dough into 3 equal pieces, cut each piece into 5, making 15 buns in all.
• Knead each into a round shape.
• Put buns in lightly greased lamington tin, let it stand in warm place 10 to 15 mins. or till the buns reach top edge of tin.
• Sift 1.5 cups of plain flour, mix to paste with 1/3 cups of water.
• Fill into small plastic bag with small holes cut across the corner.
• Make crosses on each bun.
• Bake in hot oven for 15 to 20 mins.
• Remove from oven, immediately brush glaze made by the dissolved 1 tbsp sugar and 1 tsp gelatine in 1 tbsp hot water.
• Cool buns on wire rack.