Easy Homemade Gluten Free Hot Cross Buns Recipe
Here, we come up with an Easy Homemade Gluten-Free Hot Cross Buns Recipe. This recipe of Hot Cross Buns is healthy & easy to make. Enjoy! your delicious Gluten-Free Hot Cross Buns at breakfast.
- 6 g Dry Active Yeast
- 130 ml Warm Milk
- 200 g Plain Gluten Free Flour
- 60 g Tapioca Starch
- 0.5 tsp Xanthan (Gum)
- 0.5 tsp Fine Salt
- 0.5 tsp All Spice
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 0.25 tsp Nutmeg
- 50 g Unsalted Butter (Melted)
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 Orange Zest
- 75 g Dried Mixed Fruits (a mix of raisins, sultanas, currants and candied mixed peel)
- 30 g Caster Sugar
- 20 g Gluten Free Plain Flour
- 20 ml Water
- 1 tbsp Icing Sugar
- 1 tbsp Orange Juice
- Step 1.
First, you have to take a jug and add warm milk into it. Now, add 1 tsp sugar and yeast to the milk, then stir well to combine.
Leave the mixture aside and let the yeast activate. You may see a thick layer of foam once its activated,
- Step 2.
Take a mixing bowl combine 30g caster sugar, plain flour, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, fine salt, nutmeg, allspice, and cinnamon together.
- Step 3.
Once the yeast is activated, add the liquid from the jug to the bowl together with a large egg and melted butter.
After mixing a few mins, add mixed fruit and orange zest. Mix again until everything is mixed up properly.
- Step 4.
Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Wet your hands so that dough doesn't stick to your hands. Shaping the buns with wet hands and dividing the mixture equally.
Shaping each into a small bun shape. Place them on a baking tray with some space. Leaving some space among buns gives them an independent rise and expansion.
- Step 5.
Set aside the buns for about 30 mins (the more time you give them to rise the more they get fluffy) by covering them with a cloth, but make sure the cloth won't stick to the buns.
- Step 6.
Once, the buns have risen, preheat the oven to 200°C. Place a pan of water into the lower shelf of the oven. This trick will help to make your buns crust soft as well as save them from too much cracking.
- Step 7.
It's time to pipe the crosses into buns. Simply, mix the 20g flour with 20ml water and stir to form a paste.
Now, snip the corner end of a plastic bag and scoop the paste into it. Pipe the flour mixture onto the buns in a cross shape. Then place the buns into the oven to bake for 15 mins.
- Step 8.
Combine the icing sugar and orange juice to make a glaze mixture. When buns are done with baking, glaze immediately.
Transfer them on the wire rack to cool. Your Easy Homemade Gluten-Free Hot Cross Buns are ready to serve. Enjoy!
Servings 10
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 171kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 5.3g9%
- Saturated Fat 2.9g15%
- Cholesterol 30mg10%
- Sodium 163mg7%
- Potassium 46mg2%
- Total Carbohydrate 28g10%
- Dietary Fiber 2.8g12%
- Sugars 4.8g
- Protein 3.6g8%
- Calcium 2 mg
- Iron 2 mg
- Vitamin D 23 IU
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
