Easter Cross Buns with raisins

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Mix yeast, 1 tbsp sugar and 50 ml. warm water. Let it foam.

2. Step 2:

   

   Sift 450 flour with salt and spices. Add 40 grams of sugar.

3. Step 3:

   

   Heat the butter together with the milk so that the butter completely melts, let it cool down to a warm state.

4. Step 4:

   

   1 shake the egg.

5. Step 5:

   

   Prepare both kinds of raisins and dried cherries. Pour boiling water over it and dry it well.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add the orange zest to the flour mixture, make a funnel in the middle and pour in the diluted yeast.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add egg, milk with butter and dried fruits and mix.

9. Step 8:

   

   Knead the elastic dough. If it seems too steep, add a little milk. Put it in a bowl, cover with a towel and let it come up in a warm place for 1 hour.

10. Step 9:

    

    The dough should double in volume.

11. Step 10:

    

    Divide it into 12 parts and form balls. Put them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper, cover with a towel and let them come up for 35-40 minutes. Buns should double in size.

12. Step 11:

    

    From 100 grams of flour and a few spoonfuls of water, knead the dough for decoration. It should be elastic and easy to roll out.

13. Step 12:

    

    Roll out thin flagella from it.

14. Step 13:

    

    Grease the raised buns with a loosened egg. Stick the flagella of dough cross-on-cross on them and lubricate with egg again. Bake cross buns for 15 minutes at 220 degrees.

15. Step 14:

    

    While the buns are baking, prepare the sticky glaze. To do this, squeeze the juice from the orange, add 2 tablespoons of sugar to it and cook until it dissolves for about 5 minutes. Glaze the finished buns and immediately serve them to the table.