Hot cross buns, vegan style!

I bought Hot Cross Buns this year from Lidl. They looked vegan to me and tasted good but the ingredient list looked complicated. My mum and dad didn't buy any and dad tweeted at me at how yummy they looked so I decided to make him some!

Here's the recipe
450 gr plain flour
1.5 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons dried yeast (Doves is great and available in Super Valu)
3 teaspoons mixed spice
1-2 teaspoons cinnamon
75ml warm water
150ml warm soya milk
50 ml vegetable oil
160 gr mixed fruit
2 teaspoons milled linseeds mixed with 2 teaspoons warm water.

To make a glaze
1 tablespoon of sugar
2 tablespoons of water




Put the flour, salt, dried yeast, spice and cinnamon into a large bowl. Mix well with a spoon.
Add the mixed fruit.
Make a well in the centre of the dried ingredients and add the water milk and oil and the linseed mixture.
Mix well, mixture shouldn't be sticky. If it is add a little more flour. If it is too dry add a drop more milk.
Turn out and lightly knead.

Return to the bowl. Cover with a damp tea towel and place it somewhere warming for half an hour or so.

Turn the oven on to 220C.

It should have risen well in that time, knock it back, knead lightly and divide into twelve buns.

Mark a deep cross on the top of each bun.  I used two baking sheets, putting six buns on each sheet.

Bake for about 15 mins until lightly browned.

While they are baking make the glaze by heating a tablespoon of sugar in a sucepan with two tablespoons of water, heat on a medium heat until you have a clear syrup.

Brush the syrup on the warm buns.