Recipe: Baileys Chocolate Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients: 100ml milk 100ml Baileys Chocolat Luxe 6g dried yeast 1 tsp sugar 420g bread flour 30g cocoa powder 100g cold butter, cut into small cubes 1/2 tsp salt 45g sugar 2 eggs 150g milk chocolate chips 4 tbsp plain flour 3 tbsp Baileys Original Sugar syrup, to glaze Method: Heat the oven to 200C/400C. Add the milk and Baileys Chocolat Luxe to a jug and heat in the microwave for 1 min. Leave to cool to blood temperature, then add the yeast and 1 tsp of the sugar and stir to combine. Leave the yeast to bloom for 5 mins. Add the flour, cocoa, salt and butter to a large mixing bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture has the texture of fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar, then make a well in the middle and add the 2 eggs and the milky yeast mixture. Bring the mixture together into a soft dough, then turn out onto a floured work surface and knead for 10 mins until the dough is smooth and stretchy. Place in a lightly greased bowl, cover in cling film and leave to proof somewhere warm for a couple of hours, or until the dough has doubled in size. Tip the dough out onto a floured surface and spread out into a rectangle. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips and knead again so that they are evenly dispersed. Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces, shape into buns, place on a lined tray and cover with cling film until doubled in… Read More