• Place milk, sugar and yeast into a jug and leave for 5 mins for yeast to activate.
• Sift into bowl/kitchen machine bowl the flour, salt, cinnamon, allspice and vanilla sugar.
• Add butter to the bowl and rub into the flour mix or place the machine onto a medium setting.
• Add the egg, juice and yeast mix to the bowl and mix together (continue on a medium setting) until all the ingredients are combined and a dough is forming.
• Add the raisins/cranberries to the dough and knead for 5-10 minutes until like elastic.
• Form a ball and brush the oil all over the ball and leave it in the bowl to rest (covered with clingfilm) for an hour.
• Once doubled in size, punch the dough to release the air and divide the dough into 6.
• Roll each amount into a ball and place it onto a tray with baking paper leaving some space in between so you have 2 rows of 3.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees c (fan) and leave the buns covered with clingfilm or a clean tea towel for 15 mins.

paste for cross

• Whisk/mix together the flour and water to create a thick paste and pipe (I used a freezer bag and snipped the corner) the cross over the buns.

bake the buns!

• Place the tray into the oven for 10 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 160 degrees c (fan) and bake for a further 15 minutes.

glaze

• Take out the oven and brush the warm jam over the tops and sides of the buns whilst hot.