Method
- Cream yeast with 1 tsp. each of the sugar and flour, add lukewarm milk, mix well.
- Cover, stand in warm place 10 to 15 mins. or until mixture is frothy.
- Sift flour, salt, sugar and spices, rub in butter, add beaten egg, sultanas and yeast mixture, beat well.
- Cover bowl with clean cloth, stand in warm place 40 mins. or until dough doubles in bulk.
- Punch dough down, turn out on to floured surface, knead well until dough is smooth and elastic.
- Cut dough into 3 equal pieces, cut each piece into 5, making 15 buns in all.
- Knead each into round shape.
- Put buns in lightly greased lamingtin tin, stand in warm place 10 to 15 mins. or until buns reach top edge of tin.
- Sift � cup plain flour, mix to paste with 1/3 cup water.
- Fill into small plastic bag with small hope cut across corner.
- Pipe crosses on each bun.
- Bake in hot oven 15 to 20 mins.
- Remove from oven, immediately brush glaze made by the dissolved 1 tbsp. sugar and 1 tsp. gelatine in 1 tbsp. hot water.
- Cool buns on wire rack.
Ingredients:
4 cups - plain flour
1 � cups - milk
� cup - sultanas
� cup - sugar
1 tsp - salt
60 g - butter
30 g - compressed yeast
1 - egg
� tsp - mixed spice
� tsp - cinnamon