Gluten-free hot cross buns

Nutritional therapist Holly Sugars of Food Envy shares her recipe for these healthy, gluten-free hot cross buns which all the family will love.

Ingredients

• 300 ml almond milk
• 50 g coconut oil
• 500 g gluten free bread flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 100 g coconut palm sugar (or any sweetener you normally use)
• 1 sachet easy yeast
• 1 medium egg
• 75 g sultanas
• 50 g mixed dried fruit
• The zest of one orange
• 1 medium apple, peeled and cored
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 medium egg beaten – for the glaze

Preparation

1. Heat the milk and the coconut oil in a pan. Allow the milk to cool a little - you should be able to dip your finger in and it will feel warm but not hot.
2. Mix the flour, salt, sugar, egg and yeast with the warm milk in a mixer with a dough hook or with a wooden spoon. DO this gently, you don’t want to overwork the dough. Do not knead it!
3. Place the dough in a bowl greased with coconut oil, cover with cling film and leave to rise in a warm place for 1hr, until it has doubled in size.
4. Add the sultanas, mixed fruit orange zest, apple, and cinnamon and mix gently.
5. Divide the dough into 100g balls. Cover with cling film, and lay on a tray to rise for another hour.
6. Heat the oven to 220c.
7. Using a pastry brush, glaze each bun with an egg wash. Bake for 20 mins until golden brown.