Hot Cross Bun & Butter Pudding Recipe

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There is a risk that we are all so giddy that we now have the chance to meet a whole 5 other people outside that we over order our treats this Easter weekend. Should that be the case, I have rustled up a delicious bread and butter pudding using up all your leftover hot cross buns.

The basis of a good bread and butter pudding is simply some kind of bread, sugar, butter and a custard mixture. You can use all kinds of bread (from your homemade sourdough to an enriched brioche or Panettone) but the secret to a delicious pudding is the custard and giving the pudding a chance to soak in all that custardy goodness before baking.

hot cross bun bread and butter pudding by Heather Brown
Hot Cross Bun & Butter Pudding : Image Heather Brown

I recommend indulging in some good quality milk and cream and you can’t get better than direct from your local farmer from one of the many milk vending machines across Dorset. You can find your local milk vending machine using Dorset Foodie Feed’s Directory – just pop in your postcode, and select ‘milk vending machine’.

If you have dairy intolerances then I recommend substituting the milk with a good quality oat milk and cream. Oatly also offer an excellent vegan friendly vanilla custard if you are trying to remove the eggs too (most supermarket hot cross buns are now vegan friendly).

I haven’t added any extra dried fruits or spices to this recipe as my hot cross buns were fruity enough. If you are making this recipe with other types of leftover bread, then you can add some dried fruit in amongst the layers and sprinkle 1tsp of cinnamon across the top.

  • 300ml full fat milk 100ml double cream
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 75g golden caster sugar 50g to 100g butter
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • zest from a lemon
  • 6-8 hot cross buns

In a large jug, whisk together the milk, cream, egg yolks, half of the sugar, lemon zest and vanilla extract until combined.

Cut the hot cross buns in half as if you were going to toast them, then cut the hot cross buns in half again, top to bottom (through the cross). Butter each side of the hot cross bun pieces and place them all into an over proof dish, squished up against each other. You want to choose a dish that doesn’t leave much space (the dish I used was about 25cm square).

Pour over the custard mixture. Make sure the mixture gets in all the spaces in the dish, wiggling the pieces to make sure the custard is underneath too. Leave the pudding to soak up the custard for at least 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 180 fan/gas 5.
Sprinkle over the pudding the remaining sugar and add some more little pieces of butter.

Half fill a roasting tin with boiling water and place your pudding dish into the water (make sure the water doesn’t go over the top of the pudding dish). Place them both into the oven and bake for about 40 minutes until the top of the pudding is golden and puffed up (the layers will shrink down a little when it cools).

NB. The hot water gently and evenly cooks the custard but you can leave out this step if you wish.

You can serve this hot from the oven with more fresh cream or leave to cool and cut into pieces like a cake.

By: Heather Brown

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