It's nearly Easter, so what more excuse do you need to get your bake on with these mouth-watering Holiday-themed goodies.
Preparation Time - 30 - 150 minutes
Cooking Time - 20 minutes
Makes - 12
Ingredients
* Traditional Hot Cross Bun dough (see related recipe)
* 3 tbs cocoa powder
* 120g dark chocolate
Method
1. Omit the mixed spice, nutmeg and mixed peel from the Traditional Hot Cross Bun recipe. Add 2 tablespoons of the cocoa powder to the flour mixture.
2. When forming the dough into buns, place a 10g piece of the dark chocolate into the centre of each ball and shape dough around the chocolate to enclose.
3. To make the cross paste, reduce flour to 2 tablespoons and add the remaining cocoa powder to the mixture.
Recipe coutesy of Taste.com.au, image courtesy of Rob Palmer via Taste.com.au
Yummo! Drooling on my keyboard right now x
mmmm they look so yummy!
i’m drooling right now, mmmmmmmmm chocolate …….. now i know how homer feels
I made them over the weekend, they are AMAZING…..!!! I swapped in milk chocolate though x
Oh delicious!! I wish I did this over easter.
I made some choc cross buns yesterday – they are SOOO simple to make, and so tasty. I don’t know why I was paying $6.00 a packet for preservative loaded choc cross buns for so long?!
I must give this a try! I love chocolate hot cross buns!
Ohhh yum. I really want to give this a go.