Add A Touch Of Ocean Spray to your Christmas spread with these spiced Christmas buns with a boozy spiced glaze using Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail and Absolut Vodka. These soft, fluffy buns are filled with Ocean Spray craisins and warm spices. They’re sweet with a touch of tang, perfect for the holidays. Your guests will be asking you for the recipe!
Spiced Christmas Buns with Boozy Cranberry Glaze
Ingredients
Buns
- 1 cup Ocean Spray Craisins
- ¾ cup Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail
- 4 cups bakers’ flour all purpose flour will work also
- 1 packet instant yeast
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg beaten
- 7 tbsp salted butter melted
- 1 cup hot water
Cranberry Glaze
- 1/2 cup Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail
- ¼ cup Absolut Vodka
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 grains whole clove
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- 1/4 tsp ginger powder
- a pinch of salt
Instructions
Buns
- Put milk in the microwave for 1 minute
- Add melted butter to milk and set aside
- Add Ocean Spray Craisins and Cranberry Juice Cocktail to a sauce pan then bring to a gentle simmer in a pot for 2 minutes.
- Strain Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice from Craisins
- Add flour, yeast, sugar, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamon, lemon zest and Ocean Spray Craisins to a bowl and combine well
- Add milk and butter mixture and beaten egg
- Using a wooden spoon or a spatula mix dry and wet ingredients together until a dough is formed
- Bring dough together in bowl for 1 minute
- Lightly dust your work surface with flour then transfer your dough unto surface knead lightly for 5 minutes. The dough should feel soft and springy.
- Add a drizzle of oil to your bowl, add dough back to the bowl, cover and allow to rest for 45 minutes to an hour or until it doubles in size
- Punch air out of dough and transfer back unto your work surface
- Divide dough into 16 equal pieces
- Form dough into small balls in the palm of your hand, rolling them then pinching the top to get the surface as smooth and tight as possible
- Place the ball of dough back onto the surface and place your hand over it in a cupping formation then roll the dough between the work surface and your hand in a circular motion until smooth
- Transfer onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicon mat.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 18 – 22 minutes or until golden brown
- Apply Spiced Cranberry Glaze while buns are still hot
- Allow to cool a bit before eating
Cranberry Glaze
- Add ingredients to a saucepan and bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and allow to simmer and reduce for 10 minutes
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