Hot Cross Buns

[Hughie]

Making hot cross buns tomorrow in our men's kitchen. If all turns out well, we'll consider sharing.
Also making the old favourite, Minestrone soup which might have to be frozen as it's going to be a hot day tomorrow.

[morag]

How did they turn out, Hughie? and I thought you were going into Autumn, Winter? My daughter works in a bakery, not as a baker though she's a wee dab hand at that (when she wants to or needs must, lol!). She brought me a hot cross bun, I'll resist the jokes, and here the cross is icng where I remember them as pastry crosses, plus, they have a lot of candied peel, ginger ..don't remember that. It was good, typical U.S. style, large, took me 3 goes!

[Hughie]

The hot cross buns turned out quiet nice, though a wee bit heavy, Morag. Warmed them up and had them with cinnamon flavoured butter. Yes, we are half way through Autumn - we'll soon have to turn the heating on.

Hughie

[meekan]

Reminds me of my Granddaughter's favourite joke she's been laughing at it since she was tiny.
"what do you get when you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?

Spoiler

Hot cross bunnies

[little plum]

What was the rhyme 1 a penny
2 a penny
Hot Cross Buns ?

[morag]

Something like:
Hot cross buns, hot cross buns,
One a penny, two a penny
Hot cross buns.
If you have no daughters
get them for your sons,
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns.

[Sarah]

Little cafe I go to had a photo up saying not cross buns, substituted the crosses with smiles, thought it was very clever..

[bobnetau]

The hot cross buns the men made were really good. We heated our up too but nothing as fancy as cinnamon butter, just the plain stuff.

[Hughie]

Netta, the cinnamon butter is lovely on toasted raisin bread too.