I had to double the recipe for my family, they absolutely loved them. Spicy, light, warm, with a simple yet yummy glaze. And the grandkids told me the story of Easter as we dribbled the crosses on them. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Australia.
I was so apprehensive attempting this, but the recipe (on Good Food) and this video made it so easy. It took over 3hrs all in but they smell and taste absolutely delish. Mary Berry is the best. An absolute diamond 💎
Miss Mary Berry, you are a superstar! For all of these years I wanted to know how to make the buns "pillowry". You unlocked the secret of double proofing. Thank you very much. I made some today and they turned out magnificent.
I would like to thank you Mary Berry for sharing your recipe 😊 the first time I made them, my family ate the whole lot, it was very yummy and delicious, step-by-step clear instructions and you made it look so effortless, thank you once again and I wish you well, God bless ❤
Thank you Mary. I found this a couple of years ago and have made a point of returning to it now. They are so tasty and quite straightforward to bake- the proofing and lovely glaze make all the difference.
Mary is the most famous Baker in britain! She judged a popular show (The Great British Bake-Off) for many years! SHE IS AMAZING!!! You can watch the show on Netflix. Go check it out! -Love, Wales, U.K.
i just made these, and want to say that the recipe on the website leaves out the second proving, before you shape the buns. but I recommend including it because they took ages to rise but the end result was superb, of course!
or heated apricot glaze (strained heated apricot preserves) She does an excellent presentation...thank you Mary! (I subsitute currants for sultanas and sometimes sliced almonds)
I made these a few days ago this time I used my homemade candied peel. I forgot to use the lemon zest. They turned out excellent. The point I'm trying to make is that you don't need both the zest and the candied peel. I had previously made them with the zest and no candied peel still tasted excellent
Good tip about the yeast and salt staying apart. I made some today, before I watched your video, and they came out as hard as cannonballs! So disappointing. I thought maybe the yeast (dried) was too old. I've had it a year. Also, I only proved them once for an hour and a half. So I'm going to try again and use your tips. Thank you :)
Thank you for the best hot cross buns recipe! I made these yesterday and they tasted exactly (and even better) than they should! For some reason my flour/water mixture for the crosses were a little too watery so will have to fix that for next time. Thank you so much again!!!
400grams of strong flour 60grams of crystal sugar, half a teaspoon of cinnamon and half a teaspoon of allspice or other spices 8grams of yeast and salt
I really love watching all of Mary’s videos, and I’m definitely gonna try the cross buns! But apparently land in the UK is handled differently than Greece and Germany, where my parents are from. Eggs and butter are entirely forbidden during lent. And milk is only allowed for children, sick people and pregnant women.😅🎉 still I think the funds would fit perfectly with Easter dinner on Sunday and the weeks after that
rajivronald which country is that? In Australia and UK we use the method in video. The fruit rolling into the bread is what makes it sweet and when made fresh so good with butter. Everywhere cross made differently. Not sure which is the actual traditional way. Some seen use royal icing after baked for cross, or brush sugar syrup on top for glaze. Really up to person preference and their traditions that they grew up with.
Did ypu know that Allspice..is fronm one leaf only..on the island of Madagaskar.THE NAME ALL SPICE is confusing...because its only one tree that produce leaves calles allspice! Im from SUOTH AFRICA .. VISITED THE SPICE ISLANDS!8
Is there any way to make these "overnight hot cross buns"? That way I can make the dough the day before and then do either the 2nd or 3rd prove the next morning?
Personally, I’d pop the bowl in the fridge after the 2nd rise. Then bring them out first thing in the morning, portion and roll out the buns for their final proofing before you bake them.
@@opwave79 I did that soon after sending that message. It made such a difference to the flavour of the buns and made it so much easier to make them for breakfast. Definitely worth doing it that way....
In the middle of making these on to the final proof but my yeast is dead but another 9 month on the date I've just made bread with the same batch of yeast and it didnt rise like it usually does but bread tastes good still hope the buns do too x
Cutting it probably wouldn't show after baking as the dough swells a bit - the flour and water works well but if you don't have a piping bag just pop it in a plastic sandwich bag and cut a hole in one corner. Some people ice it on top but I'm not a fan of that method XD
These should be an all year round treat. Not a one weekend a year where we gorge ourselves on chocolate eggs and cook roasts and briskets on Good Friday
I wonder if anyone knows where to get the plastic film Mary uses to cover the buns for proving. When I use cling film it tends to squash the dough . Thanks
@@karldelavigne8134 2 tbsp water or any type of milk plus 1 tbsp maple syrup works very well if you put it on before baking - you get a nice glazed top:)
I followed the recipes exactly as per the video but the buns didn't rise and after baking the cross shapes also melted off. But the taste was excellent.
Definitely! As long as you don't cut it down below 1-2 tbsp as the yeast needs some sugar to respire which is what produces the gas that lets them rise:) The fruit adds plenty of sweetness so I'd say 60g sounds perfect. You can also do 2 tbsp caster sugar and the rest of the mass with a sweetener (I use granulated canderel when I'm baking for my brother) if you are worried about the sugar side.
I love this woman, she is the epitome of beauty and a graceful woman.
Just made these, followed ingredients and method precisely, and they've turned out absolutely Perfect... Best Hot Cross Buns ever.. Thank you Mary.
I had to double the recipe for my family, they absolutely loved them. Spicy, light, warm, with a simple yet yummy glaze. And the grandkids told me the story of Easter as we dribbled the crosses on them. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Australia.
Love ❤️the beautiful spicysoft hot cross
BunsMaryBerryMake:)
I was so apprehensive attempting this, but the recipe (on Good Food) and this video made it so easy. It took over 3hrs all in but they smell and taste absolutely delish. Mary Berry is the best. An absolute diamond 💎
Miss Mary Berry, you are a superstar! For all of these years I wanted to know how to make the buns "pillowry". You unlocked the secret of double proofing. Thank you very much. I made some today and they turned out magnificent.
I would like to thank you Mary Berry for sharing your recipe 😊 the first time I made them, my family ate the whole lot, it was very yummy and delicious, step-by-step clear instructions and you made it look so effortless, thank you once again and I wish you well, God bless ❤
Thank you Mary. I found this a couple of years ago and have made a point of returning to it now. They are so tasty and quite straightforward to bake- the proofing and lovely glaze make all the difference.
This is my first time baking hot cross buns. I halved the recipe and it turned out exactly like Mary's! This is à keeper, thanks for sharing!
"you might think it's a lot of fruit in my buns"!! oh Mary, you're making us blush. hehe
I just laughed out loud at that too! Haha.
😂😂😂😂
Sounds A Like A🍇🍒 Fruity🍇🍒 beautiful delicious dish Of ❤️ MaryBerrys favourite fabulously delicious hotcross buns!✖️⚪
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Just made it today and taste delicious! Thank you Merry!
Hope you had a lovely Easter break...
I made these yesterday. It was the best hot cross bun that I have tasted. I used golden syrup n warm water as a glaze
I love this lady, she is very engaging and the video is well produced. Oh and she does her buns right!
Mary berry is my spirit animal. God save the Queen 🙏❤️
I enjoy hot cross buns practically every day of the year not just Easter! They're my absolute favourite! Those looked absolutely delicious
❤️Yum!❤️delic!❤️❤️
I have just found Mary! I am looking forward to trying this for our Easter dinner. Thank you from Canada
Mary is the most famous Baker in britain! She judged a popular show (The Great British Bake-Off) for many years! SHE IS AMAZING!!! You can watch the show on Netflix. Go check it out! -Love, Wales, U.K.
I made them yesterday. Simply amazing and worth the rising wait. 🙂
Hi did you do yr second rise for 90 mins x
She's looks such a lovely person ✨
i just made these, and want to say that the recipe on the website leaves out the second proving, before you shape the buns.
but I recommend including it because they took ages to rise
but the end result was superb, of course!
Thanks for the tip, I thought that was odd in the recipie. May make these this year.
How long did you do the second proving before shaping the buns?
@@besskew3660 an hour..ya know, til they looked good
It’s incredibly satisfying to watch an old woman who’s been cooking all her life make with such precision and so little effort
Lovely buns. Reminds me of childhood memories. One a penny, two a no penny hot crossed buns!
Mary Berry, I will try this tomorrow Happy Easter So grateful for your receipe Happy Easter from Nairobi Kenya
I have just made them and they are PERFECT!!!
I love Mary Berry cooking. 👨🍳🍷
or heated apricot glaze (strained heated apricot preserves) She does an excellent presentation...thank you Mary! (I subsitute currants for sultanas and sometimes sliced almonds)
Nice!
They look absolutely perfect! Congratulations!
These are the best ever!
I made them many times and always delicious!
Nothing to do with the food, I know, but I just love Mary's jumper/sweater
Naomi Wicks it's marks and Spencer's
I made these a few days ago this time I used my homemade candied peel. I forgot to use the lemon zest. They turned out excellent. The point I'm trying to make is that you don't need both the zest and the candied peel. I had previously made them with the zest and no candied peel still tasted excellent
Also, love the superb editing!
Made them today, they're delicious. Highly recommend.
Good tip about the yeast and salt staying apart. I made some today, before I watched your video, and they came out as hard as cannonballs! So disappointing. I thought maybe the yeast (dried) was too old. I've had it a year. Also, I only proved them once for an hour and a half. So I'm going to try again and use your tips. Thank you :)
Such great and easy recipe. thks.😊
I love Mary’s hot cross bun recipe. I’ve just made a second batch and they taste divine 😋😋😋
I like her. Heavy Scot/Norwegian ......I am. She is savvy with cooking......and likable.
Wonderful voice, charismatic and very lovely video.
I'm salivating, all that's is left in nice cup of tea or coffee.
Absolutely fabulous & delicious 😋
They look so good
They look so yummy ! Thank you for sharing
What a lovely lady! Keep up the good work!
Mary here in the States the cross is applied after the glaze using white soft icing. Yours look far nicer. I love you and your channel.
Thanks Mary x happy Easter
Thanks a lot chef
You are amazing and professional ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for the best hot cross buns recipe! I made these yesterday and they tasted exactly (and even better) than they should! For some reason my flour/water mixture for the crosses were a little too watery so will have to fix that for next time. Thank you so much again!!!
Making these for Ostara. Planning to veganify it too. Thank you so much for this recipe Mary!
Thank you!!!
This is very nice . And more and more I could eat them all day long thank you Mary Berry 😉😉😉
400grams of strong flour 60grams of crystal sugar, half a teaspoon of cinnamon and half a teaspoon of allspice or other spices 8grams of yeast and salt
Whaaaaaaaaa???????? I'm from America . oh well , as an American I'll just muddle through .
@@howardwayne3974 America needs to get with the rest of the world and use the metric system.
Great recipe!
I really love watching all of Mary’s videos, and I’m definitely gonna try the cross buns! But apparently land in the UK is handled differently than Greece and Germany, where my parents are from. Eggs and butter are entirely forbidden during lent. And milk is only allowed for children, sick people and pregnant women.😅🎉 still I think the funds would fit perfectly with Easter dinner on Sunday and the weeks after that
In my country we put the crosses on after they're baked using royal icing. I love the extra sweetness and I dip mine in condensed milk when eating.
rajivronald which country is that? In Australia and UK we use the method in video. The fruit rolling into the bread is what makes it sweet and when made fresh so good with butter. Everywhere cross made differently. Not sure which is the actual traditional way. Some seen use royal icing after baked for cross, or brush sugar syrup on top for glaze. Really up to person preference and their traditions that they grew up with.
Did ypu know that Allspice..is fronm one leaf only..on the island of Madagaskar.THE NAME ALL SPICE is confusing...because its only one tree that produce leaves calles allspice!
Im from SUOTH AFRICA .. VISITED THE SPICE ISLANDS!8
Love her
Absolutely superb!
Is there any way to make these "overnight hot cross buns"? That way I can make the dough the day before and then do either the 2nd or 3rd prove the next morning?
Personally, I’d pop the bowl in the fridge after the 2nd rise. Then bring them out first thing in the morning, portion and roll out the buns for their final proofing before you bake them.
@@opwave79 I did that soon after sending that message. It made such a difference to the flavour of the buns and made it so much easier to make them for breakfast. Definitely worth doing it that way....
Does any one have any other cooking shows I can watch at RUclips I really like watching these kinda vids 💕💕💕💕💕💕
Nigella Lawson, Marco Pierre White and Jamie Oliver. Gordon Ramsay is also popular. The best of British cooking right there.
@@simonlancaster1815 omg thaaanks
@@joodyuniverse2322 Delia Smith also for more old fashioned style.
@@simonlancaster1815 thanks u made my day 💕
John Kirkwood and Bake with Jack. Both on RUclips.
Mary Berry is very grand!
Do you use plain or self raising
Bravo Mary your recipe is just splendid. I will try making them for the first time
She's so delicate and beautiful.
So nice ☺️
In the middle of making these on to the final proof but my yeast is dead but another 9 month on the date I've just made bread with the same batch of yeast and it didnt rise like it usually does but bread tastes good still hope the buns do too x
I hope I age as well as this lady- she's gorgeous!
mary is so cute:')
jajajajah
lyle's golden syrup. made by tate and lyle. thick golden treacle.
do you have to use the flour water mixture to make a cross? or could you slightly cut one in
Cutting it probably wouldn't show after baking as the dough swells a bit - the flour and water works well but if you don't have a piping bag just pop it in a plastic sandwich bag and cut a hole in one corner. Some people ice it on top but I'm not a fan of that method XD
Yummy can you make it with out the fruit 😊😊
What does “200 fan” mean? 390° F in a convection oven? If so, any idea what temperature to cook it at for those of us with a standard oven? Thanks!
These should be an all year round treat. Not a one weekend a year where we gorge ourselves on chocolate eggs and cook roasts and briskets on Good Friday
Thank you for remembering Jesus in your video and what He did for us
Amen!❤
I love you Mary Berry! :-)))
I like my buns heavily fruited as well...
I can Shell Thema drin Herr lots of love drin Austria 👌
I wonder if anyone knows where to get the plastic film Mary uses to cover the buns for proving. When I use cling film it tends to squash the dough . Thanks
Video highlights the need for a double bulk prove, but the recipe in the link only has one bulk prove
Looks good but flour and water to make the crosses? Not castor sugar and water?
Her dishes look elegant compared to most other chefs
I need those other chefs so I don't feel bad when my things don't look so pretty lol
Hello, here in the states what could we use for the sweet glaze?
A simple sugar syrup or even warmed honey are both fine. I like to add a bit of orange zest to mine.
@@karldelavigne8134 2 tbsp water or any type of milk plus 1 tbsp maple syrup works very well if you put it on before baking - you get a nice glazed top:)
I once used heated apricot jam brushed over them after they had baked.
I love hot cross buns, I eat them as they are after being baked.
At what stage can I freeze them unbaked?
I remember Mary Berry saying she never makes hot cross buns because you can't make a hot cross bun that's better than a bought one.
Wrong!
@@desireephipps187 She might have been wrong in her thinking that,but it's not wrong that she said it.
hello! does anyone know if i can use fresh yeast instead of active dry?
I followed the recipes exactly as per the video but the buns didn't rise and after baking the cross shapes also melted off. But the taste was excellent.
how long do you prove the mixture second time?
30/40 min until they have doubled .
Maybe you could make chocolate buns but then its no longer called hot cross buns !!!!
OMG I love this. Xos
Yes queen
Wonderful recipe, made it a week before Easter but didn’t last long 😂😂
What's caster sugar? Regular granular or powdered?
I think in the US you all it super fine sugar.
@@madabbafan Ah, "powdered sugar".
@@lauranglover521 no, that's icing sugar
@@madabbafan We call it powdered sugar, here in the US- I use it all the time! :)
1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever ...
Hot cross buns symbolise CHRIST ON THE CROSS 🙏 AMEN❤❤❤
Oooooo I miss hot cross buns 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Me too! 🇦🇺 so I bake them myself and I've found an excellent mixed spice blend you can buy from Boston Spice (it's called "The British Are Coming" 😄)
Love Mary on BBC youtube-hot cross buns
Definitely going to make a practice batch prior to Lent, for…research purposes. Yeah. Research purposes. Wink-wink.
I am very proud to be a westerner
How long is the second rising?
Until it doubles in size
Could I cut the caster sugar down to 60 grams or less?
Definitely! As long as you don't cut it down below 1-2 tbsp as the yeast needs some sugar to respire which is what produces the gas that lets them rise:) The fruit adds plenty of sweetness so I'd say 60g sounds perfect. You can also do 2 tbsp caster sugar and the rest of the mass with a sweetener (I use granulated canderel when I'm baking for my brother) if you are worried about the sugar side.
what can I use if i do not have an electric mixer with a dough hook?
A spoon.
Hands? Had them long before machines were invented...
Just knead it with your hands for 10 minutes! This video might help - ruclips.net/video/ySOj0fFWo1U/видео.html
what a lovely lady, I like your video very much.
💝💝💝
What if I don’t have the bags to put the trays in also?
I love to fill my hot cross buns with loads of jam ! ♥
Could one use 5 spice?