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Easy Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients

• Buns
• 1/4 cup (57g) apple juice or rum
• 1/2 cup (78g) dried fruit
• 1/2 cup (78g) raisins or dried currants
• 1 1/4 cups (283g) milk, room temperature
• 2 large eggs, plus 1 egg yolk (save the white for the topping)
• 6 tablespoons (85g) butter, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons instant yeast
• 1/4 cup (53g) light brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves or allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 3/4 teaspoons (11g) table salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 4 1/2 cups (540g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• Topping
• 1 large egg white, reserved from above
• 1 tablespoon (14g) milk
• Icing
• 1 cup + 2 tablespoons (128g) confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract
• pinch of table salt
• 4 teaspoons milk, or enough to make a thick, pipeable icing

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