Step #1
Warm your milk in a pan. In a bowl, add the Premium White Bread Mix, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, sugar, and orange zest. Add in the butter and rub until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Step #2
Add the warmed milk, eggs and raisins and mix all together. Knead for 5-10 minutes until the mixture is smooth, elastic and springy to touch.
Step #3
Put the dough into a lightly oiled 2lb loaf tin and leave to rise until it has doubled in size. This takes around 1 hour.
Step #4
Whilst the bread is rising, preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan.
Step #5
Once at the temperature, whisk together the flour and water, and carefully pipe on to the loaf to form the crosses. Bake in the oven for 50+ minutes at 180ºc/160ºcfan. The bread is done when you can tap on the bottom of the loaf and it sounds hollow.
Step #6
Once baked, brush lightly with honey to give it the hot cross bun shine and then leave to cool fully.
