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.
Quickly mix together the honey and water for the glaze and brush this over the hot
cross buns before leaving them to cool completely.
Not exact matches
Usually a hot
cross bun has a flour and water paste piped over
before baking but I thought that might mess with the layers of dough here.
I've been making different versions of hot
cross buns each year — last year it was bagels, the year
before that a HCB loaf.
We're big fans of hot
cross buns in our household, but I've never jazzed them up nice like this
before!
It is at its worst in the middle of the afternoon on Easter Sunday, after the hot
cross buns are consumed, the backyard is pillaged of all Easter eggs and there's still at least an hour and a half
before the ham is pulled out of the oven.
Some recipes for hot
cross buns suggest marking the
cross before baking and filling it with a paste made from flour, water and shortening.
So soul sister your hot
cross buns look great but then I saw them
before you posted the recipe.