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If you share a hot cross bun with someone else, you\u2019re supposedly going to be friends for the year, especially if you say <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHalf for you and half for me. Between us two shall goodwill be\u201d <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

~ Mobilecuisine.com ~<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Wow, I never knew how many interesting facts there are about Hot Cross Buns! Between Wikipedia and Mobilecuisine.com<\/a>, I was greatly entertained! It seems to make ill people healthy and protect against shipwrecks. I also learnt if they are hung in the kitchen, they are said to protect against fires and ensure that all breads turn out perfectly. The hanging bun is replaced each year. In the past when I’ve bought Hot Cross Buns from the supermarket, I might well have had a stale bun to hang in the kitchen. But with this recipe for Hot Cross Buns, you will want to eat them all on the spot!<\/p>\n

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Converted to the sweet side<\/h4>\n

I would normally not bother to bake something like this. In many of my recipe books, there are recipes for enriched breads like Brioche and Pantone. But as I have mentioned a few times, I prefer savoury flavours and therefore I stick with normal bread. In 2018 I attended a brilliant course on Artisan Bread Baking at the Crust and Crumb<\/a> in Alberton. Nathan and Dominique Odell are the bakers in charge and in a day I learnt some very useful baking skills, and produced three amazing loaves! Since then my bread baking has improved no end. Crust and Crumb<\/em> maintain a Facebook group for people who have completed the courses and as it is Easter and we’re in lockdown, they published this brilliant recipe for us to try. After trying these Hot Cross Buns, I might even do their Enriched Dough course!<\/p>\n

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Sugar and spice and all things nice<\/h4>\n

This Hot Cross Bun recipe is really easy and even though we’re in lockdown,\u00a0 I managed to scrape together everything I needed to bake them. I\u00a0 had some Safari Cake Mix left from a recipe for Hot Cross Bun Biscotti. Mixed with a little bit of chopped apple, it was perfect for the fruit component of the recipe. Then there’s the basic spice mix of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and you have amazing, flavourful Hot Cross Buns in a few hours! I don’t know whether I will ever buy them from a supermarket again! The recipe conveniently is for twelve buns. You can have six when you bake them and freeze six for when it is actually Easter. Happy baking and happy Easter!<\/p>\n

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Hot Cross Buns<\/h2>\n
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Easy recipe for sweet and spicy Hot Cross Buns<\/span><\/div>\n
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Prep Time<\/span>4 hours<\/span><\/span> hrs<\/span> 30 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time<\/span>20 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Course: <\/span>Baking<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
Servings: <\/span>12<\/span> buns<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n
Author: <\/span>Crust and Crumb<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

Ingredients<\/h3>