marmite hot cross buns
Love it or hate it, here's a savoury treat to be enjoyed any time.
Ingredients
- 300 ml whole milk
- 50 g unsalted butter
- 3 teaspoons Marmite rounded
- 500 g plain flour
- 1 large free-range egg
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 100 g mature cheddar grated
- 100 g red leicester grated
For the piped cross
- 75 g plain flour
Instructions
- Put the butter and Marmite into a bowl and microwave for 1 min to melt together. Stir together and allow to cool while you do everything else.
- Mix the flour and yeast together in a bowl. Pour in the cooled butter mixture, milk, egg, pepper, and salt. Knead by hand for 5 minutes to form a smooth, sticky dough.
- Put into a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a damp tea towel. Leave in the warm place for 1 hour to prove.
- Mix the cheeses into the dough and fold until combined. Slice into 12 equal-sized buns. Shape each piece of dough into a neat ball and pop on a oiled baking tray. Space them out as they will grow, but authentically they will join at the edges like a batch. Cover with the damp tea towel and prove for another 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Mix together the flour with a little water to create a thick paste. Put in a piping bag and pipe a cross onto your buns.
- Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until risen and golden.
- Cool on a rack before devouring like an animal, adding butter as needed.
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Notes
This dough is fairly tacky. A metal or plastic bench scraper can be a lifesaver to help get your dough to cooperate, eg https://amzn.to/49MkELC