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hot cross bun and butter pudding
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Hot cross bun bread and butter pudding

If you’ve bought or made too many hot cross buns over Easter and need to use them up, how about a twist on a classic – hot cross bun bread and butter pudding.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 8
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: British
Calories: 764
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 6 egg yolks
  • 2 eggs
  • 150 g caster sugar
  • 300 ml whole milk
  • 300 ml double cream
  • 75 g butter
  • 8 ready-made hot cross buns halved
  • 50 g sultanas approx
  • 25 g demerara sugar approx

Method
 

Make the custard
  1. Crack the eggs in to a dish. Measure the sugar and add to a mixing bowl. Add the eggs and whisk together.
  2. Pour the milk and cream into a pan. Put it on the hob and bring slowly to a simmer. Remove from the heat then slowly pour on to the egg mixture, whisking well.
Butter the hot cross buns
  1. Half the hot cross buns and butter them. Soften the butter for a few seconds in the microwave to make this a bit easier. Cut the hot cross buns in half again.
  2. Place a layer of hot cross buns into a 22x10cm (9x4inch) oven proof dish.
  3. Sprinkle some sultanas and Demerara sugar on top. Add another layer of buns, sultanas and sugar, repeat if you have any left.
Add the custard
  1. Pour the custard over the top of your buns and leave to stand for 20 minutes or so.
Bake your hot cross bun and butter pudding
  1. Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan.
  2. Pop your dish into a deep roasting tray and fill with water so it is coming half way up the side of the dish. Cover with tinfoil.
  3. Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes or until the custard has set. Remove the foil from the top for the last five minutes to brown the top.
  4. Serve(with custard/icecream/cream) and enjoy