Hot cross buns are a sweet, yeasted buns made with currants or raisins, candied citrus peel, and mixed spices. They are marked with a cross shape on top representing Christ’s crucifixion and are traditionally eaten on Good Friday and during the Easter holidays. History of Hot Cross Buns

You have a few options for the glaze: 1) Make a glaze with 1/4 cup water and 1/4 sugar by placing the ingredients in a small saucepan, bring it to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 3 minutes, and brush it over the hot buns when they come out of the oven. 2) Heat 3 tablespoons of golden syrup in a small bowl in the microwave and brush it over the hot buns. 3) Gently melt some apricot jam in the microwave and brush it over the hot buns. The spokesperson said a kilogram of hot cross buns would contain about half a millilitre of cinnamon oil.In a large bowl, mix together the flour, yeast, butter, sugar, salt and spices. Use your fingertips to rub the ingredients together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. The first part says it contains greater than 60 per cent ethyl alcohol, so basically normal ethanol,” Associate Professor Cox said.

Triple Cheese Hot Cross Bun recipe Triple Cheese hot cross bun recipe. Recipe and image sourced from Trewithen Dairy.

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Dust a clean work surface with flour and knead the dough for about 10 minutes until it starts to tighten and look slightly silky. Shape the dough into a ball and place in a bowl greased with a little olive oil. Cover with cling film and leave in a warm place for around 1 hour to prove, until roughly doubled in size. According to a variety of food scholars, early Goddesses such as Inanna, Ishtar, Isis, Hathor, Artemis, Aphrodite and Venus were all offered small round buns marked with a cross during springtime religious festivals.” The markings markings represent the lunar cycle.

Serve the buns while they still slightly warm or cooled. Slice the buns and spread with butter, clotted cream, jam, or honey.Like the coming of Spring, honey is sweet. It’s a great food to place on your altar in a small bowl or to enjoy as a way to sweeten the season. An essential Easter indulgence, hot cross buns are the perfect choice for a family breakfast or teatime treat in spring. In the early Middle Ages, Lenten fasting required giving up meat and dairy, so pretzels became popular. Foley says parents used to give them to children as treats for good behavior. The twisty shape is meant to represent “arms folded in prayer,” says Foley’s Dining with the Saints co-author Fr. Leo Patalinghug. (Patalinghug is known as “the cooking priest” for beating celebrity chef Bobby Flay in a cookoff in 2012.) Eels: Helping to pay the rent Sift the flour, mixed spice, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl. Add the butter then rub the flour and butter together with your fingertips until the butter is evenly distributed. Stir through the candied peel and raisins. Co-op is selling carrot-cake Hot Cross Buns this Easter, as well as a masala and chilli spiced bun (Photo: Co-oop)