My Hot Buns

As soon as I walked into the supermarket, I noticed (through clever use of product placement) the hot cross buns. Apparently these goodies arrived in stores the week after Christmas but I only just noticed. Proof of my virtuousness in baking my own bread, thus never needing to venture into the bread section!

There were all shapes, sizes and colours: mini buns, mega buns, traditional buns, fruit buns, fruitless buns, peel free buns and then there’s the totally left of centre choc chip buns! As far as I’m concerned, they’re not hot cross buns and you wont find me eating them at Easter!

While we’re on the topic of things I wont eat, I have become very obsessed with eating only home made preservative and additive free food since Theo arrived. So I finally decided to have a go at making my own hot cross buns. The recipe says to let them prove for an hour and a half, which I did, but in warm weather it may not take that long. So aside from the fact that the proving takes a while, this is a very quick recipe. It took me two and a half hours from start to finish but actual hands on time was probably 15 mins tops!

Unbaked, doughy, aromatic, squishy goodness!

The recipe is from the Every Day Cookbook (EDC), and fresh out of the oven complete with crosses and sugary glaze, topped with meltingly delicious buttery goodness, they were irresistible. My DH and I ate one each and when I questioned whether it was acceptable for us to have another, he saw nothing wrong with idea. However, I exercised restraint and we shared one more! I promptly froze the rest before we ate every one of them!

Glossy, sugary, deliciousness!

I’ll be in hot bun baking mode the week before Easter this year as I plan to make them to give to my nearest and dearest. Let’s face it, everyone loves baked goods and what better than freshly baked bread with a whole lot of luscious dried fruit and spices thrown in!