Additional Ingredients

To make the crosses

75 grams	Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
6 tbsp	Water
1 tbsp	Golden Syrup (Silver Spoon)

How to make Healthy Hot Cross Buns

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1. Mix the melted butter with the milk, and make sure the mix is only lukewarm (so you don't kill the yeast). Put the flours, sugar, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in the liquid mix and the beaten egg. Don't pour all of it in; about three quarters first because all flours absorb different amounts of liquid and you dont want it to be too sticky!
2. Add the two flours and mix until it's nearly all combined (you may need to add more liquid) then turn it out onto a floured surface and get kneading. Knead away until you've got a nice smooth elastic dough; it'll take between 5 and 15 minutes depending on how quick you are - No rush of course. When you're done, pop the dough into an oiled bowl, cover with oiled cling film and put in a nice warm, cozy place for about an hour until doubled in size.
3. When the dough has proved knock it back (i.e knead a bit again to get the air out) and split into 12 equal portions. Put a small handful of the dried fruit and raisins on each portion and mix in. Make sure they're relatively well distributed but try not to have too many poking through the top of the dough as they might catch in the oven. Make 12 rolls like this, and then leave them on a tray, covered with oiled cling film in that cozy place again for another hour
4. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Now mix about 75g of plain flour with 6tbsp of cold water - mix in about 4tbsp straight away, then half a tbsp at a time, until you have a smooth paste (it needs to be quite thick). Pipe crosses on top of the rolls. Bake the rolls for about 20 minutes or until they're nice and golden and sound hollow when tapped.
5. When they're done, microwave the golden syrup for about 20 seconds so its nice and runny, and brush on top of the rolls with a pastry brush. Leave to cool on a cooling rack if you can resist them straight from the oven!

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