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Hot Cross Bun Cookies

My soft and chewy cookie dough is packed with all the sweet, spicy flavours of Hot Cross Buns; mixed peel, raisins, sultanas and mixed spice. This is an Easter treat which will have you coming back for more!
Prep Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 6 hours 20 minutes
Servings 30

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup (65g) mixed peel
  • 3/4 cup (125g) raisins
  • 3/4 cup (125g) sultanas; golden raisins in the US
  • 2 cups (280g) plain flour
  • 1/2 cup (70g) bread flour
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 tbsp ground mixed spice
  • 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3/4 cup (150g) light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup (100g) caster sugar
  • 1 3/4 sticks (200g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

  • No need to preheat oven yet, this dough needs to chill!
  • Place mixed peel, raisins, sultanas, flours, mixed spice, bicarb and salt into a medium sized bowl and stir until the fruit is coated in flour. Leave to one side.
  • Place sugars and butter into a large bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes on med-high speed.
  • Add in the eggs, vanilla and lemon juice, scraping sides of bowl as necessary, and mix until well incorporated, about 1 minute on med-high speed.
  • Tip the flour mix into your egg mixture and mix on low until a soft dough forms.
  • Tip dough back into the bowl you measured your flour into and cover with clingfilm.
  • Place in the fridge for at least 6 hours, overnight if possible. Once chilled, preheat oven to 180C/350F and line 3 baking trays.
  • Using a 1.5tbsp cookie scoop, place balls of dough 2 inches apart on your lined trays. Flatten each ball ever so slightly to stop them rolling away!
  • Place in the oven for 9-11 minutes, until risen, golden around the edges, but still a little soft in the centre - you want them a little under baked in the centre, but if they still look wet/greasy in the middle, they're not quite done, return to oven for 2 minutes, then check again.
  • Leave to cool on the trays for at least 10 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Once cooled, cookies will keep in an airtight container, at room temperature for a week.

Notes

Recipe by Annie of Annie's Noms