This is absolutely
the best cross buns I have ever had and made!
Not exact matches
Eating a few of these bliss balls is certainly a
better option than a few hot
cross buns!
My history with hot
cross buns is
well documented and this year, thanks to the universe sending inspiring flavours my way, my head was full of orange & almond brioche and orange & coconut pull apart bread and that challah I made a... [Read more...]
Traditional
Good Friday treat, hot
cross buns, slightly sweet yeast - leavened
buns, spiced with cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves, and speckled with currants, citron, and orange zest.
You'd think I would have had a hot
cross bun sometime in all those
Good Fridays.
And finally - I hear (to my horror) that hot
cross buns aren't a world - wide phenomenon: appalling, they are divine, proper little yeasty slightly sweet
buns, studded with delicious sultanas, an absolute treat on a chilly autumn (southern hemisphere) Easter weekend... give them a whirl, they are SO satisfying and surprisingly easy, a
good first recipe for people afraid of using yeast.
Adding coconut and mango to hot
cross buns is such a
good idea, makes them so pretty and exotic
I added cocoa powder and chocolate chips (plus dried cherries and apricots) to my existing hot
cross bun recipe, along with a healthy dose of cinnamon and cardamom, with which I have recently become enamoured and which happens to go very
well with chocolate.
Fresh baked, warming, soft and — preferably — slathered in grass - fed butter, these gluten - free hot
cross buns have got to be one of the
best things known to man!
The
good, faceplant worthy food kept coming aka juicy turkey crown with cranberry mole, Tenderstem broccoli and edible egg shell, fish cake stuffed with soft boiled eggs which were cooked to absolute perfection in 6 mins and 10 seconds (yeap), tasty hot
cross buns and
well raspberry sauce over chocolate.
I'm still recovering, trying to prioritize down time, read some
good books, bake (currently experimenting with gluten - free / vegan hot
cross buns!!)
In a piping bag, add your «
crosses» ingredients (mixed
well until you have a paste) and begin piping over the top of your
buns in the typical «
cross» design.
Traditionally they are sweet
buns made with raisins and spices and a
cross on top, served on
Good Friday.
The
best way to eat these life changing hot
cross buns is sliced in half and toasted with lashings of coconut oil or a spread of your choice.
Pipe a
cross in the centre of each
bun and bake for 12 minutes or so, until the
buns are golden brown on the top and
well puffed up.
What's
better than reading, is actually making hot
cross buns and enjoying them with a cup of tea.
Hot
cross buns baked and served on
Good Friday do not spoil or mold during the year.
Superstition had it that hot
cross buns baked on
Good Friday never became moldy and one
bun used to be kept as a charm until the next year's
buns were made.
Love the look of those hot
cross buns — they would go down very
well in this house too.
But the
good news is that if you are really hankering to make some gluten - free hot
cross buns this year, look no further than the beautiful gluten - free blog Decadent Alternatives.
I have never tried to make hot
cross buns before, and although I am always trepidatious about using yeast in products, these worked really
well.
Planning to gorge on hot
cross buns on
Good Friday?
In one story, an Anglican monk baked the
buns and marked them with a
cross in honor of
Good Friday.
In many historically Christian countries, the
buns are traditionally eaten on
Good Friday, with the
cross standing as a symbol of the crucifixion.
In England, hot
cross buns are traditionally served on
Good Friday.
It includes all the significant events: — Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day - Maundy Thursday - Maundy money - Palm Sunday - The Last Supper - Judas» Betrayal -
Good Friday - The Crucifixion - Easter Sunday - Why we have pancakes - Why we have hot
cross buns - Why we have Easter eggs There is a hyperlink to a video on the Easter Story.
To walk off the kilojoules in one 80 gram hot
cross bun, you will need to take about 8200 steps, according to this Health Check piece on The Conversation titled «The
good and bad of Easter eggs, chocolate and hot
cross buns».