Cheesy Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients

• Wheat flour

  White, bread, enriched

  5 ¼ cup or 719g

• Parmesan cheese

  Shredded

  1 tbsp or 5g

• Yeast

  Leavening agents, baker's, active dry

  3 packet or 22g

• Whole milk

  3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D

  2 cup or 488g

• Cheddar cheese

  1 ¼ cup, shredded or 141g

• Parmesan cheese

  Grated

  5 tbsp or 25g

Directions

1. 1. Mix the flour, yeast and 2 tsp salt in a big bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk. Mix with a wooden spoon, then your hands, to a soft dough. Knead for 10 mins, then put back in the bowl. Lightly cover with oiled cling film and leave somewhere warm-ish until doubled in size - about 30 mins.
2. 2. Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead in most of the cheese. Dust a large, flat baking sheet with flour. Shape the dough into 12 round buns and arrange on the sheet with a 2-3cm gap between each. Loosely cover with another sheet of lightly oiled cling film and leave to prove until nearly doubled in size.
3. 3. Heat oven to 400F. Mix the 5 tbsp flour for the crosses with the Parmesan and 5 tbsp water. Spoon into a disposable piping bag and pipe a line along each row of buns, then repeat in the other direction to make crosses. Scatter with the remaining cheddar and bake for 20-25 mins until golden. To reheat from frozen, warm in a low oven before serving.