Vegan Hot Cross Buns with Dark Chocolate + Sour Cherries

INGREDIENTS

Orange, zest of medium

80 g

Sour tart cherries, dried

1 cup

Almond milk heated until

55 g

Coconut oil or vegan butter

500 g

Bread flour or all-purpose flour, strong

55 g

Caster sugar, raw

55 g

Caster sugar or vanilla bean sugar, raw

25 g

Chickpea flour mixed with

120 g

Chocolate, dark vegan

1 tsp

Cinnamon, ground

6 tbsp

Flour mixed with

Glaze

1/8 tsp

Nutmeg

1 tsp

Sea salt, fine

1 tsp

Spice, mixed

Vanilla bean seeds scraped

Buns

Reserved vanilla bean pod from making the buns

60 milliliters

Water

14 g

2 x 7g sachets / 4 tsp. dried instant yeast

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