Ingredients 300 ml milk 50 gr butter 300 gr gluten free bread flour 200 gr wholemeal flour 1 tsp salt 75 gr sugar 1 sachet fast-action or easy-blend yeast 1 egg, beaten 75 gr chocolate chips (milk & white) zest of 1 orange
For the cross 75 gr plain flour 5 tbsp water
For the glaze 3 tbsp apricot jam
Instructions Place the milk and butter in the Thermomix bowl, 5 minutes, Speed 2, 50°C. Mix the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a bowl and transfer in the TM bowl. Add the beaten egg to the mixture. Mix 30 seconds, Speed 4. Knead for 5 minutes in the Thermomix bowl.
Transfer the dough in a oiled bowl. Cover with cling film and leave it to rise for about 1 hour.
Add the chocolate chips and the orange zest to the dough. Knead into the dough so everything is well distributed. Leave to rise for another 1 hour.
Transfer the dough onto a floured surface, punch it back and then cut it into 16 pieces. Roll each piece into a smooth ball on a lightly floured work surface. Arrange the ball in a brownie tray. The dough needs to have some space to expand. Cover with a tea towel and let it rise for another hour.
Preheat the oven to 220°C.
To make the cross: Mix the flour with the water (a little bit at a time) until you get a thick paste. Then you can either - spoon into a piping bag with a small nozzle or - roll it very thinly to get a long thin sausage. If the paste is in a piping bag, pipe a line along each row of buns. Then repeat in the other direction to create crosses. If you roll the dough into a thin sausage, just cut the desired lenght and place over the buns.
Bake for 20 mins, until golden brown.
Once out the oven, warm the apricot jam and brush over the top of the warm buns. Enjoy!
You can do the recipe without a Thermomix.
Just warm the milk & butter.
Place flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a bowl, add the warm milk & butter. Knead for 5 minutes.
Then follow the recipe above.
Note you'll need about 3 to 4 hours to do all the steps before you can have a bun! Just saying!