Hot cross buns for Pixie

Pixie loves hot cross buns. She would eat them every day if she had the chance… As today is Good Friday, and also because I do try to make all the bread products we need, I decided to get out of bed early and make some hot cross buns instead of buying this year. At the two ends of the spectrum that is my complete experience of various hot cross buns over the years, the bakery ones I had as a child are probably the best I’ve tasted, whereas the mass-produced ones you see in supermarkets these days are a bit cheeky to call themselves much more than ‘not-very-much-fruit buns with crosses’. Definitely a bit too much fruit in this first batch I’ve turned out, though, which is why you can see raisins bulging out everywhere, however these were definitely promising enough for me to have to taste more than one. Purely for the purpose of improving the recipe, of course…!

Have a great Easter.

Entry plonked in Life @ 11:54 am
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