CHOCOLATE HOT CROSS BUNS

Hot Cross Buns!

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I have adapted this recipe from bakeforhappykids

Chocolate Hot Cross Buns

(makes 9 buns in an 8" square pan)

Bread Dough

220g water

300g bread flour

25g milk powder

40g sugar

1/2 tsp salt

10g cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla seeds scraped from 1 bean

35g butter

1 tsp instant yeast

100g chocolate chips

For the Cross

2 Tbsp self-raising flour

1.5 Tbsp cold water

For the Glaze

1 Tbsp caster sugar

1/2 Tbsp boiling water

Bread Dough

1) all ingredients except chocolate chips, into the bread machine, 

    bread dough cycle 1.5 hours. At last 3 min, add chocolate chips.

2) divide into 9 parts, shape & arrange on oiled square pan to rise 1 hour

For the cross

3) next, mix flour with water, put into a piping bag, 

    snip off the end to make a fine hole. Pipe a cross on top of the bun

4) bake bun in preheated oven 180'C for 20min

For the glaze

5) while baking the bread, mix sugar and boiling water until sugar is mostly dissolved.

    Do not add more water! Set aside

6) brush a layer of glaze on warm buns