Comments on: Hot Uncrossed Buns http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/ Food, Fashion and Philosophy from an Italian Farm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:11:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: amanda http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2811 amanda Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:00:45 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2811 Wow, you read my mind, only yesterday my youngest was asking if we\'d ever have any Hot Cross Buns again. I love buns of any description but these are among my favs, we used to eat them for weeks on end in England where some of the larger supermarkets seem to sell them all year round. I have made the Delia ones in the past and they are mouth wateringly good, so good we ate the whole lot as soon as they came out of the oven. That\'s what I find so disappointing about home baking, it takes ages for the rising and the cooking and then it\'s all gone in seconds. Well in my house it is. Wow, you read my mind, only yesterday my youngest was asking if we\’d ever have any Hot Cross Buns again. I love buns of any description but these are among my favs, we used to eat them for weeks on end in England where some of the larger supermarkets seem to sell them all year round. I have made the Delia ones in the past and they are mouth wateringly good, so good we ate the whole lot as soon as they came out of the oven. That\’s what I find so disappointing about home baking, it takes ages for the rising and the cooking and then it\’s all gone in seconds. Well in my house it is.

]]> By: admin http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2813 admin Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:32:13 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2813 You have superior numbers! But if your oven is big enough, you could double the recipe? That would make 32 nice sized ones. (I used sultanas and diced fruit peel in mine, not unobtainable currants.) I thought it was pretty quick and easy. Ten minutes to mix it up, ignore while rising, then another 15 to knead and form and ignore again. Cooked 15 mins. Cool and glaze. Two was all I could manage. Really. Freeze them FAST! You have superior numbers! But if your oven is big enough, you could double the recipe? That would make 32 nice sized ones. (I used sultanas and diced fruit peel in mine, not unobtainable currants.)
I thought it was pretty quick and easy. Ten minutes to mix it up, ignore while rising, then another 15 to knead and form and ignore again. Cooked 15 mins. Cool and glaze.

Two was all I could manage. Really. Freeze them FAST!

]]> By: bleeding espresso http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2817 bleeding espresso Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:35:50 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2817 I've never had 'em, but you're making a good case for whipping up a batch. Yours are very pretty--all golden and stuff :) I’ve never had ‘em, but you’re making a good case for whipping up a batch.

Yours are very pretty–all golden and stuff :)

]]> By: eg http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2819 eg Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:35:49 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2819 Yours look much better. Still, how but no fruity bits and lots of icing? Yours look much better. Still, how but no fruity bits and lots of icing?

]]> By: admin http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2820 admin Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:10:12 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2820 The fruity bits are there! It's probably the brilliant sunshine in your eyes that keeps you from seeing it. No cross until Good Friday. Meanwhile, it does have a sugar glaze. The fruity bits are there! It’s probably the brilliant sunshine in your eyes that keeps you from seeing it.

No cross until Good Friday. Meanwhile, it does have a sugar glaze.

]]> By: Snowpea http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2822 Snowpea Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:30:48 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2822 Jeez you're making this diet of mine harder, not easier! LOL They look astoundingly good. Jeez you’re making this diet of mine harder, not easier! LOL They look astoundingly good.

]]> By: Mikeachim http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2825 Mikeachim Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:10:19 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/hot-uncrossed-buns/#comment-2825 I share your passion for raisiny buyns, Crossed or Uncrossed. My local supermarket has the unusual good sense of making a Hot Uncrossed Loaf. (It's not called that, but that's what it is). Sliced and toasted for breakfast, it's truly amazingly amazing. I share your passion for raisiny buyns, Crossed or Uncrossed.

My local supermarket has the unusual good sense of making a Hot Uncrossed Loaf. (It’s not called that, but that’s what it is). Sliced and toasted for breakfast, it’s truly amazingly amazing.

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