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Chilli cheese hot cross buns
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- plus 3 hrs proving
- More effort
- Serves 12
Ingredients
- 100g grated mature cheddar
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- Follow remainder of ingredients in the classic hot cross buns recipe below
Method
- STEP 1
Make the dough as directed, omitting the cinnamon, dried fruit and mixed peel, and reducing the amount of sugar to 50g. Knead 100g grated mature cheddar and 1 tsp chilli flakes into the dough after the first prove. Sprinkle over a little more cheddar before baking, and omit the apricot jam glaze.