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Hot Cross Buns

I Tried three or four different recipes from different cookbooks and couldn't find one that I liked.  So I took my recipe for Cinnamon Rolls and played around with it and came up with this recipe which I really like.

2 teaspoons or 1 pkg Active dry yeast
3 1/2 cups Bread flour
1/3 cup Sugar
3/4 tea Salt
1/3 cup warm milk
1/3 cup warm water
2 heaping Tablespoons of lard or butter
1 Egg yolk (reserve the white)
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
1 tea Nutmeg
1 cup Raisins and/or some candied fruit

Select Manual or dough setting and press go. Check and make sure the dough is good.  It should be just like a baby's but,  soft but firm.  If its not add a bit of water or a bit of flour.

When the dough is ready. Add the fruit and knead into dough. Pat out into a 12x9 rectangle and then break off into 12 pieces the size of a small orange. You should have 12 little balls, place into the greased 13x9 pan cover and let rise in a warm place until double in volume (about 45 min)

Take the reserved egg white and add 1 tea of water and mix well. Brush the rolls and put into the oven and bake at 375, for 20-25 minutes until light golden brown color.

Take what's left of the egg white/water mixture and add 1/2 tea of Vanilla and some confectioners sugar till its thick. Place in a small plastic bag and make your white cross’s on the buns (after they have cooled)