Chocolate Orange Hot Cross Buns Vegan That Pressure Cooker Style
Delicious vegan chocolate and orange flavored buns cooked in a pressure cooker for a moist texture.
Equipment
- 1 Stand mixer With dough hook
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 500 g White bread flour
- 45 g Cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon Mixed spice
- 10 g Salt
- 100 g Caster sugar
- 12 g Fast action yeast
- 280 g Unsweetened non-dairy milk
- 2 oranges Zest
- 80 g Orange juice
- 70 g Vegan block butter Softened
- 150 g Chocolate chips
- 150 g Mixed dried fruit
- 3 heaped tablespoons Plain flour For crosses
- 5 tablespoons Cold water For crosses
- 2 heaped tablespoons Marmalade For glaze
Instructions
Instructions
- Mix white bread flour, cocoa powder, mixed spice, salt, and sugar in a large bowl.
- In a smaller bowl, mix yeast with warm non-dairy milk and let it sit until foamy.
- Stir the yeast mixture into the dry ingredients along with orange zest, juice, and vegan butter.
- Knead the dough for 10 minutes until it is smooth and elastic.
- Let the dough rise in a covered greased bowl for about an hour until it doubles in size.
- Shape the dough into 12 pieces and place in a lined tray with space between each for rise.
- Preheat oven to 190C (375F) and let buns rise for another 30 minutes.
- Bake buns for 20-25 minutes until firm and hollow sounding when tapped.
- Pipe crosses with flour and water mixture, then bake a bit longer until golden.
- Brush tops with warm marmalade glaze and let cool before serving.
Notes
For best results, use gram measurements with a digital scale. The dough is sticky, use a stand mixer if possible.