Ezek Vegán meleg keresztes zsemlék are fluffy homemade Easter breakfast buns with fragrant cinnamon and orange flavors to enjoy a comforting family breakfast. A soft, flavorsome, and vegan traditional bun to celebrate Easter!
I love making plant-based versions of classic recipes, like my Vegán pekándiós pite, 2 összetevős fudgevagy Vegán sütőtökös sajttorta. This recipe is in the same vein.
Not all hot cross bun recipes are naturally vegan. Many hot cross bun recipes use one egg or butter in the batter. Some grocery stores sell hot cross buns without eggs and dairy, but the list of additives is often long and can hide non-vegan additives.
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Vegán meleg keresztes zsemlék
Hozzávalók
- 1 ½ csésze Szójatej
- 4 evőkanál Tejmentes vaj (sózatlan) - melted, brands like Naturli or Earth Balance
- 1 evőkanál Active Dried Yeast
- 4 ¼ csészék Univerzális liszt - (1. megjegyzés)
- ¼ csésze Finomítatlan nádcukor
- 1 teáskanál Fahéj
- ¼ teáskanál Szerecsendió
- ¼ teáskanál Friss gyömbér
- ½ teáskanál Só
- 1 evőkanál Narancshéj - finely, chopped
- 1 csésze datolya
Extra flour to roll dough
- ⅓ csésze Univerzális liszt
Keresztek
- ⅓ csésze Univerzális liszt
- 5 evőkanál Víz
Üvegezés
- 1 evőkanál Sárgabaracklekvár
- 2 teáskanál Víz
Utasítás
- Add soy milk and vegan butter into a medium microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 20-second bursts (max 60 seconds). Stir between each burst until vegan butter is melted and lukewarm – about 98°F (37°C).
- Set aside to cool for 1-2 minutes, then stir in the active dried yeast. Ensure the mixture is not too hot, think bath temperature, or it can deactivate the yeast!
- In the bowl of your stand mixer or a large mixing bowl, add flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt. Give a quick whisk to combine and make a well in the center.
- Pour the lukewarm soy milk mixture, chopped orange zest, and sultanas into the center of the flour.
- Stand mixer option: Using the dough hook of the stand mixer, knead the dough at low speed (speed 2) for 6 minutes. The dough will form a soft, sticky dough that doesn't stick to the bottom or edges of the bowl. If it does, sprinkle the extra flour, 2 tablespoons at a time, until the dough doesn't stick to the bottom of the bowl, you may have to add up to 6 tablespoons.
- Hand mixing option: stir with a wooden spoon at first, then knead with your hands on a floured surface, working back and forth for 5 minutes until the dough is soft and elastic. Add extra flour if too sticky. Form a ball, and place it in a lightly oiled bowl.
First Rise
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until it doubles in size. It can take 30 minutes to 90 minutes, depending on the temperature of your room. You can also place the bowl in an oven preheated at 40°C/100°F. This accelerates the process.
- Line a 9-inch x13-inch baking tray (31 x 23cm) with parchment paper. Set aside.
- When the dough has doubled in size, remove the film wrap and punch down the dough to deflate it.
- Sprinkle some flour on your work surface, and shape it into a long cylinder. Cut into 12 even pieces.
- Press each piece onto the work surface to flatten and deflate. Then shape a ball with each and place each ball in rows on the prepared baking tray, leaving about 1 inch (2 cm) between each.
Második felemelkedés
- Cover the tray with lightly-oiled plastic wrap and rise for 45 minutes.
Keresztek
- In a small mixing bowl, combine flour and water.
- Using a piping bag, pipe crosses on top of the buns.
Süt
- Melegítse fel a sütőt 400 ° C-ra.
- Remove the plastic wrap on top of the baking tray and place it in the center rack of the oven.
- 20-25 percig sütjük, vagy amíg a teteje aranybarna nem lesz.
- In a small bowl, whisk jam and water.
Üvegezés
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven and, using a pastry brush, glaze the buns with the jam.
Tárolás
- Store in the fridge in a sealed box for up to 3 days or freeze and thaw the day before at room temperature.
Megjegyzések
Táplálás
Összetevők és helyettesítések
The ingredients you need to make delicious, fluffy vegan hot cross buns are:
- Liszt – All-purpose flour or bread flour. For a gluten-free version, use my gluténmentes átállási útmutató.
- Vegán vaj – Or vegan margarine. Earth balance or at work well in this recipe.
- Növényi alapú tej – Soy milk works the best. It adds a fluffier texture than almond milk.
- Active Dried Yeast – To make the buns super fluffy.
- Cukor – I am using unrefined cane sugar but coconut sugar, caster sugar, or white sugar works as well.
- Fahéj, Szerecsendió, Gyömbér – for great flavors.
- Narancshéj – Make sure you used untreated oranges to avoid pesticide residues.
- datolya – Also called raisins.
How To Make Vegan Hot Cross Buns
It’s very easy to make hot cross buns without eggs or dairy. It simply required a little bit of patience, like for my vegan brioche recipe or vegan cinnamon roll recipe, because the dough needs to rise two times.
- In a small bowl, combine the almond milk and vegan butter, and microwave in 20-second bursts, stirring between each burst until the vegan butter is melted.
- Let the mixture cool down for 1 minute, then stir in the active dried yeast.
- In another bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, combine all the dry ingredients.
- Use a wooden spoon to mix flour, sugar, and mixed spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
- Then, make a well in the center of the flours and pour the milk yeast mixture along with orange zest and sultanas.
- Knead the dough using the dough hook attachment of your stand mixer or your hands. It takes about 6 minutes to form a sticky consistent dough.
- Transfer the vegan hot cross bun dough into an oiled bowl, wrap with plastic wrap and a clean towel.
- Then, place the bowl in a cool, dry room until the dough has doubled in size – it takes about 60-90 minutes.
- Line a large 9-inch x 13-inch baking tray with a lightly oiled piece of parchment paper.
- Then, push down the dough ball to deflate and transfer it to a lightly floured surface.
- Roll a long cylinder, and using a sharp knife, divide the dough into 12 even pieces.
- Finally, roll each piece of dough into a ball and place them in rows onto the prepared baking tray, leaving half a thumb of space in between.
- Wrap the baking tray with plastic wraps and let rise for another 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the vegan hot cross bun mixture for the cross. In a small mixing bowl, combine flour and water.
- Place the mixture into a small Ziploc bag, cut out one of the bag’s corners and squeeze on top of each bun to form crosses.
- Bake the vegan hot cross buns in a preheated oven at 400°F (200°C) for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown on top.


Üvegezés
Let the hot cross buns cool down in a cooling rack for 20 minutes before glazing. To make the hot cross bun glaze, whisk apricot jam or maple syrup with water. Use a pastry brush to brush the top of each bun. Cool at room temperature for 3 hours before serving.
Serving Vegan Hot Cross Buns
You can eat these hot cross buns plain or cut halfway and spread some:
- Vegán vaj
- Mogyoróvaj
- Mandulavaj
- Lekvár
- juharszirup

Tárolási utasítások
These vegan hot cross buns store well for 5 days at room temperature in an airtight container or wrapped in a clean towel. You can also freeze these hot cross buns and thaw them the day before at room temperature.
Gyakran ismételt kérdések
You can use this recipe to make vegan chocolate hot buns. To do so, add into the flour 1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder and replace the sultanas with vegan dark chocolate chips.
Also, to make a chocolate cross on top of your buns, add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder into the cross batter.
Classic hot cross buns are often not vegan-friendly as they typically contain eggs and butter and even sometimes honey.
More Vegan Buns Recipes
If you love making your own vegan bread, brioche, and buns, I have many other recipes for you to try:













Can I use coconut oil instead of the dairy-free butter?
Köszönöm
I don’t think it will work as well, the texture will definitely be less fluffy with oil
Well, oh my goodness!
These turned out so much better than I expected.
I’ve never made anything like this before so was expecting something to be not quite right on the first try.
But they rose beautifully, are fluffy and well, just scrumptious!
Köszönöm
That’s the best Easter comment I received, thank you!
Hi, I have some strong white bread flour hanging around, do you think that would work?
Előre is köszönöm
Cica
Hi Kitty, Strong white bread flour is “okay” for Hot Cross Buns, but its high protein content creates a chewy, bread-like texture rather than the soft, pillowy crumb usually desired in a sweet bun.
Ah ok, thank you, I’ll still to normal flour then.
Thanks for the very quick reply and for all your amazing recipes x
Örömmel!
Is it possible to prepare a day ahead & bake next day
I haven’t tried that, I am not sure, you can probably refrigerate after the first raise. Then, do the second raise the next day before baking.
Carine and Damien, thanks for supporting and promoting veganism. Great site with lots of exciting and colourful recipes – can’t wait to try them all! Best of British for the future!
Andy (UK)
Can’t wait to try your recipe since our daughter loves chocolate chip hot cross buns and they are hard to find. Can you substitute quick rise instant yeast for active yeast?
Yes, you can swap one by the other.
Thank you so much Andy.
They turned out absolutely delicious! Super soft and fluffy. Everyone loved them. My oven runs really hot so I only had to bake them for 15 min.
They turned out so amazing .. just loved the recipe !!
Absolutely delicious! Better than some non-vegan ones I’ve tried. I used the metric measurements and they came out so wonderfully fluffy. Instead of sultanas I’ve added chocolate chips and walnuts, or candied peel with success, so it’s nice to be able to customize!
Köszönjük !!!
These look delicious and smell great but most definitely do not work with GF flour. I tried with king arthur 1:1, gave extra rise time even and they are like hockey pucks! I would say just don’t try with GF or that brand anyway.
Thanks for letting me know! Gluten-free flour are all different blends, so it’s useful to know which ones work or don’t!
Does it work with Gluten-free flour?
I didn’t try this option I am sorry