Erica & Arwen's Apricot & Hazelnut Hot Cross Buns

Baking - sweet

Preparation time

2h 0min

Total time

2h 15min

Portion

12 portion(s)

Level

easy

TM 31

by We Love Thermomixing

published: 2015/04/05

changed: 2016/02/29

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Ingredients

Apricot & Hazelnut Hot Cross Buns

1/2 vanilla bean pod
1/2 teaspoon cloves, whole
1/4 Nutmeg
1/2 cinnamon stick
15g dried instant yeast
250 grams Milk
520 grams bakers flour, or use half spelt &amp; half bakers flour
1 teaspoon salt
50 grams sugar
70 grams Butter
1 egg
70 grams Roasted Hazelnuts, (no skin)
120g dried apricots, (I use organic sulphate free ones)
1 tbs apricot jam or honey, to glaze buns with
4tbs TM Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

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Apricot & Hazelnut Hot Cross Buns

Place vanilla bean, cloves, nutmeg & cinnamon into the TM bowl & chop for 1 min speed 10. (If it is not all chopped up you may need to add a tablespoon of the flour & chop it again).

Add milk and yeast into mixing bowl with the spices and heat 1 min/37deg/speed1.

Add flour, salt, butter, egg, hazelnuts & dried apricots knead 2-3 min"Closed lid" "Dough mode" . adding more flour if the mix is too sticky.

Allow to rest in warm place covered with tea towel for 30-40 minutes then divide into 12 buns.

Place buns onto 2 large pieces of baking paper in the Varoma dish. (6 on the top tray & 6 on the bottom). Allow to rise in a warm spot.

Fill TM bowl with 500ml water. Place varoma with buns on top of TM bowl & cook 15minutes/Varoma/speed 2.

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees.

When your buns have finished steaming, gently move them on to an oven tray still on their baking paper & bake for 10- 15 mins until golden brown. Brush with some honey or apricot jam to glaze them.

Place chocolate hazelnut spread into piping bag & pipe crosses over slightly cooled buns. Or use butter & apricot jam mixed together to pipe over the top as crosses. (Or melted white or dark chocolate.)

Tip

If you are making your chocolate hazelnut spread before starting this recipe you don't need to clean the bowl before starting the recipe.

Erica Noble & arwen.thermomix worked on this recipe together as they both love the Hot Cross Buns made at Jackman & McRoss Bakery in Hobart & wanted to make their own version.

You may like to change some of the dired apricots to some sultanas or currants too.

Thermomix Model

Recipe is created for
TM 31

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