More Hot Cross Buns

by Andrew Barrow, Posted Apr 18th 2006 @ 3:05PM

Down Suffolk way a pensioner has a hot cross bun. Not that surprising really considering that it is Easter. But ol' Mrs Haste has a bun dating from 1899. She keeps it in a box. The bun has been handed down through the generations from when her mother's sister was given the bun on her death bed. [via The Times]

Two great posts covering Hot Cross Buns appeared on the interent over the weekend. My favourite British food blog, Baking For Britain, has some great details on the background of the bun; there appears to be plenty of differing explanations of where the cross originated.

Both Eating Leeds and Kitchen Parade provides a good looking recipe for making the bun which differs slightly from my own version. If your French is good why not try the recipe detailed by Pascale from last year?

[Image Andrew Barrow]

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