NO KNEAD HOT CROSS BUNS
DRY INGREDIENTS
3 1/3 cups or 500gms of flour *
2 ½ teaspoons of bread improver
2 ½ teaspoons of salt
3 tablespoons of sugar
3 teaspoons of dry active yeast
1 tablespoon of cinnamon
3 teaspoons of mixed spice
1 cup of sultanas
½ cup of currents
½ cup of mixed peel
LIQUID INGREDIENTS
500 ml of warm water*
1 sachet of instant porridge ( stir into water)*
1 table spoon cold pressed oil (olive will do)
FLOUR PASTE FOR CROSSES
½ cup of plain flour
2 teaspoons of sugar
1/3 of a cup of water approx.
GLAZE
1 egg beaten together with 1 tablespoon of water and 1 teaspoon of sugar.
METHOD
Mix all dry ingredients including fruit together in a bowl ( preferably plastic)
Make a well in the middle of mix and add ¾ of the liquid, stir the liquid before adding so the porridge doesn’t settle to the bottom.
Pour in the oil and mix the dough thoroughly, add enough of the remaining liquid to make a moist stiff dough.
Cover dough with cling wrap, to speed up rising fill sink or a bigger bowl with hand hot water and place bowl containing dough in water then leave to double in size. When camping the inside of a warm car works well.
When dough has doubled in size remove cling wrap and turn dough out onto a floured board and shape into a ball, divide dough into four equal parts, divide each quarter into 3 equal pieces. Shape each piece into a ball.
Starting with the first piece you shaped, shape once more into a ball by bringing outside edges into the centre expelling any stale CO2, place smooth side up on an oiled baking tray.
Brush on glaze, pipe on cross mix and allow to double in size.
Place in a pre heated camp oven, or household oven at approx 220 degree and cook for 25- 30 mins.
NOTES
This recipe comes from a book on making No Knead Bread, the original recipe calls for Unbleached Stone Ground Flour (Available health food shops) Over the years I have used other bread flour and not seen a huge difference.
300ml of cold water mixed with 200ml of boiling water will give the correct temp to activate the yeast in this recipe.
Instant Porridge?? never heard of this stuff before??. Found it at Coles. “Aussie Supermarket “ Uncle Tobys Oats quick sachets comes in a box of 10 sachets.
A wooden spoon or plastic spatula works fine for stirring , This recipe requires no kneading.
sitting the bowl of dough in warm water should reduce rising time to 45 mins or less.
To make cross mix blend flour water and sugar to a smooth past and pipe on. You may not need to use all the water.
