Hot Cross Buns
An Easter tradition at our home growing up was having Hot Cross Buns on Good Friday. Alot of the bakeries in town made them as well, but my mom's were better. I made these on Friday morning using her recipe. Basicially it is a sweet roll dough with cinnamon and raisins mixed in (some people trying to modernize these treats using dried cranberries instead of raisins, but I am a traditionalist when is comes to such things), then after you form the dough you cut an X in the top. After baking and cooling icing is piped over the X shape. I actually really enjoy making bread, but don't do it very often (mostly because I will eat to much of it!) and I had a good time making these traditional treats.
posted by Amanda @ 7:44:00 AM
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Hippy hop, hippity hop.
Will the Easter Bunny stop?
Will he leave a treat behind,
An Easter basket for me to find?
I'll look over here,
I'll look over there,
I'll look behind things,
I'll look everywhere
I'll look until I find my treat,
And then I'll sit right down and eat.
Happy Easter!
Mmmmm! The buns look good. There is an old Elnglish nursery rhyme:
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penney,
Two a penny,
Hot cross buns.
Dad
Since Bevan told us you had made hot cross buns, I had Bruce guy some at Safeway. They weren't very good and weren't really like a sweet roll. I didn't have trouble eating only one! Yours look great!!
I know the nursery rhyme your Dad quoted. What does it mean?? Many nursery rhymes make no sense to me now that I'm not a child.
Looks YUMMY!
These look so great. I love your food traditions, they are so warm and welcoming.
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