Instructions

1. Mix the flour, 1 cup of liquid, sugar, fat, orange juice, zest, cinnamon, ginger, and clove. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap. Leave on the counter to soak for 12 to 24 hours. I made mine in the morning and made the buns the next morning.
2. In a small bowl mix the 1/2 warm water, honey and yeast. Whisk until mixed. Allow the foam up for about 5 minutes.
3. Add the yeast mixture, egg and cranberries to the bowl. Mix in to incorperate compleatly. Knead the dough for 10 minutes.
4. Cover and let rise for 1 hour in warm place.
5. After one hour, punch down your dough and recover. Allow the dough to rise for one more hour.
6. After one more hour, punch down and devide into 10 large or 20 small balls of dough.
7. Use two (or one) of the buns to roll out thin pieces of dough to place as crosses on the other eighteen (nine) buns.
8. Place the buns on a greased cookie sheet.
9. Paint with an egg wash, cover and let rise for 30 minutes, in a warm place.
10. Bake the buns for about fifteen minutes at 425 F.
11. Once the buns are done place on a wire rack to cool.
12. Now you truly do have Hot Cross Buns!