Hot Cross Buns

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 200c (fan 180c), 400f or Gas Mark 6
2. Reserve 1.5 teaspoons of the flour and set aside.
3. In a bowl add the flour, baking powder, salt, sweetener, cinnamon and mixed spice aand mix to combine.
4. Add in the yoghurt, egg, raisins and apple and mix until all combined using the spatula to ensure all the mixture from the side of the bowl is cleared. Try not to touch the dough too much with hands, as it’s a sticky dough.
5. Roughly divide into 6 equal balls using the spatula.
6. Spray a baking dish that is 11×7 inches with cooking oil spray.
7. Then spray hands with cooking oil spray and carefully place each ball into the dish, forming into buns as you do. This will stop the dough sticking to your hands.
8. You can then use the spatula to ensure each ball is well-formed in the dish, pushing apart so that they are easier to break into six when cooked.
9. Mix the reserved flour with a little water to make a slightly runny paste (ensure it has no lumps), add this to a ziplock bag in one corner of the bag, snip off the end with scissors and pipe a cross over the top of each hot cross bun.
10. Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes, should be nice and golden all over, you can check they are cooked all the way through with a small wooden skewer.
11. Once cooked remove from the oven.
12. Add the marmalade to a bowl with 1 tbs of boiling hot water and whisk until all combined into a runny glaze.
13. Brush this over the top of the hot cross buns.