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Hot Cross Buns
Self | 01-09-2010 | Self

Posted on 01/09/2010 1:12:39 PM PST by Little Bill

My daughter has never heard of "Hot Cross" Buns. In my youth they would be available during Easter Tide.

I need some history and hopefully a couple of rescipes, she is a Chef and a Baker, got the degrees to prove it. (Bills also.)


TOPICS: Food; Reference
KEYWORDS: christianity; england; history
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I like to make Bread in my dotage and this came up as we were discussing Easter Traditions.
1 posted on 01/09/2010 1:12:39 PM PST by Little Bill
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To: Little Bill

I clicked on here to find out what Barney Frank was mad about this time.


2 posted on 01/09/2010 1:14:02 PM PST by csmusaret (Oops. My karma just ran over my dogma.)
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To: Little Bill

http://ehttp://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Hot-Cross-Buns-I/Detail.aspxn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_cross_bun

Here’s a couple of links on the buns and how to make them.

They’re good....my mom used to make them


3 posted on 01/09/2010 1:17:16 PM PST by JimVT (Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing, Oh, the ring of the piper's tune)
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To: Little Bill

I too ate Hot Cross buns as a child. And I like to bake. So I will check back here for info and if I find some I’ll post it.

I can and do occasionally make sweet roll dough and use it for cinnamon rolls, I would think similar dough would work. IIRC the buns used to have bits of candied fruit or raisins in them, in addition to the crosses of icing.


4 posted on 01/09/2010 1:17:59 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: JimVT

Linky no worky.


5 posted on 01/09/2010 1:18:47 PM PST by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: little jeremiah

I had them as a child too, but you really have to look for them now because not too man bakeries make them anymore where I live.


6 posted on 01/09/2010 1:19:20 PM PST by seoul62
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To: Little Bill

Obviously some type of religious cookery. ;-)


7 posted on 01/09/2010 1:22:57 PM PST by smokingfrog (Don't mess with the mocking bird! - http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
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To: Little Bill
here is web to 7 recipes

http://www.recipesource.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?search_string=hot+cross+buns

8 posted on 01/09/2010 1:23:00 PM PST by shadowcat
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To: JimVT

You used to see them a lot when I was a kid and now in certain areas but there is some history, English, behind them. The Bard may have mentioned them, they go back a long way.


9 posted on 01/09/2010 1:23:59 PM PST by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: Little Bill

Try again:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Cross_Buns

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Hot-Cross-Buns-I/Detail.aspx


10 posted on 01/09/2010 1:25:16 PM PST by JimVT (Oh, the days of the Kerry dancing, Oh, the ring of the piper's tune)
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To: Little Bill

The Allman Bros did a mean 20 minute+ version at the Beacon a few years back.


11 posted on 01/09/2010 1:28:50 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (doctrine matters)
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To: Little Bill

What world do you guys live in? They are available everywhere at the right time of year - Easter. My local supermarkets all sell them, but the only thing that makes them hot x buns is that they have a x on them (of icing which will burn your tongue off if you warm them in the microwave!) If you have a specialty baker near you, or a ‘British Foods’ store - that’s your place for the right, mildly spicy recipe, but check whether you have to pre-order.


12 posted on 01/09/2010 1:32:04 PM PST by I am Richard Brandon
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To: Little Bill

cooks.com has about 84 recipes on Hot Cross Buns and the food network.com had 5 more. that is just a beginning.


13 posted on 01/09/2010 1:33:55 PM PST by fish hawk (It's sad that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov)
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To: Little Bill
I saw the title of this thread and thought it was about something like this:


14 posted on 01/09/2010 1:34:15 PM PST by RightFighter (Sarah Palin - we love you and can't wait to see you again.)
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To: RightFighter
Or this one:


15 posted on 01/09/2010 1:36:18 PM PST by RightFighter (Sarah Palin - we love you and can't wait to see you again.)
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To: Little Bill

I remember them well, a special treat during Lent.


16 posted on 01/09/2010 1:36:22 PM PST by SueRae
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To: Little Bill
I thought "Hot Cross Buns" was something that accidentally happened to cross-eyed cowboys during branding.


17 posted on 01/09/2010 1:36:27 PM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: JimVT
The problem with modern recipes is add one TBS of Powered Milk. I like to do basic Flour, Water, Salt, added stuff.

Back in the old days in the NE Kingdom that is all you had, what was added? I know in the Christmas season you could get Citrons, how were they used?

18 posted on 01/09/2010 1:40:00 PM PST by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: RightFighter

Looks like my EX except for the cross, she had the Mark of the Beast, it fitted her.


19 posted on 01/09/2010 1:43:57 PM PST by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: Little Bill

The second pic is Eva Longoria.


20 posted on 01/09/2010 1:48:47 PM PST by RightFighter (Sarah Palin - we love you and can't wait to see you again.)
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