Ima's Hot Cross Buns
During lockdown in 2020, Ima’s Cuisine offered make-at-home kits for their famous hot cross buns. I got some delivered to my in-laws, who were within the delivery radius. I then did a contactless pickup from outside their garage where the package had been left. This is the thread documenting their creation.
2019: https://thespinoff.co.nz/kai/11-04-2019/recipe-imas-hot-cross-buns
2022: https://www.dishcult.com/articles/aucklands-most-wanted-hot-cross-buns-are-back
https://www.ashleyandco.co/daybooks/discover-the-story-behind-ima-cuisine
Recipe
Ingredients
Yeast and milk
Good so far
Haven’t used dough hooks before and they are struggling
Mixed
90 minutes for rising
Even cleaning as I go
Milk+vanilla bean, sugar+cornflour+egg, the start of the custard crosses
Paste
Boiling!
Whisking!
Add the butter
Don’t let it form a skin
Rising success
Smells delicious
30 minutes more rising
Ready for piping
With crosses, then 15 minutes more
Complete!
