Subway releases recipe so you can make a foot-long hot cross bun for Easter this year
SUBWAY is famous for its foot-long sandwiches and now the chain has released their signature recipe to make one at home – with an Easter makeover.
To celebrate the Easter weekend in style, Subway has shared exactly how to make a 12 inch hot cross bun.
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The supersized treat is the perfect thing to see you through the four-day weekend, and you can either eat it as it is or turn it into a sandwich.
Subway shared the method, revealing along with the usual flour, yeast, eggs, sugar and butter, you also need cinnamon, orange zest and golden syrup.
To start, warm the milk in a saucepan and after removing from the heat, add the yeast and sugar then leave to cool for 15 minutes.
In the meantime, melt the butter and beat the egg in another bowl.
Hot cross sub ingredients
- 500g strong white bread flour
- 300ml milk
- 7g dried yeast
- 75g golden caster sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 50g unsalted butter, melted
- One large egg, beaten
- 100g mixed peel
- 200g chopped milk chocolate
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Zest of one orange, finely grated zest only
- 100g plain flour (for the cross)
- Apricot jam or warmed golden syrup (for the glaze)
Next take a large mixing bowl, and add in the flour, cinnamon, salt and orange zest.
Make a well in the middle, and pour in the contents of the saucepan, the butter and the egg.
Use a wooden spoon to stir the mixture until it’s well combined and a dough starts to form, then add in the orange peel and chocolate chunks.
Lightly dust a surface with flour and tip out your dough, and knead for around five minutes until it’s smooth.
Then grease a bowl and pop the dough in it, then cover with cling film or a tea towel and wait until it doubles in size.
When it’s ready, divide the dough into two equal portions, and roll each section into a 12 inch sausage.
Place them on a pre-greased baking tray or one lined with baking paper, cover them again and leave for an hour.
While you’re waiting pre-heat the oven to 220c, and you can mix up the ingredients to make the iconic cross.
Add a tablespoon of water to flour until it forms a thick paste, then pop into a piping bag and pipe two crosses across each foot-long.
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When the hour's up, place them in the oven and bake for around 25 minutes or until golden brown.
While it’s cooking you can make the glaze by heating golden syrup, or apricot jam, in a saucepan, and brushing it over the giant hot cross buns when they come out the oven.
Wait for them to cool, then cut them into slices and serve spread with butter.
And this mum shared her easy recipe to make Easter fudge with three ingredients – and you don’t even need an oven.
Meanwhile chefs are sharing their three-ingredient recipe to make peanut butter cookies and it couldn’t be simpler.
Plus people are making Creme Eggs at home for Easter using this four-ingredient recipe from a chocolatier.
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