When I saw the recipe for Hot Cross Buns in my Southern Living, I knew I needed to make it! I thought they would be oh so appropriate for Good Friday. I got my two helpers and we got to work on the Thursday before.
Here's the original recipe:
I did not use currants. I bought raisins to use instead (can anyone help me find a currant?), but decided to leave them out as I quickly tire of raisins in my baked goods. I mean, really...does that happen to anyone else?
I did everything else pretty much according to direction!
I had my two trusty assistants for the mixing.
It was fun!
Helpers at work!
We got the dough mixed up and then left it to rise. For a million hours. That was the only real mistake to this. J-Boy had a baseball practice so we ended up leaving it to rise for a million hours. Give or take.
Here's the math:
Original rising time + baseball practice + making dinner + dinner + the million years it always takes the boys to eat = a million hours rise time
We shaped the dough into balls (18 exactly) and left them to rise. They didn't rise very much. I'm attributing that to the million hours initial rise time.
Coming out of the oven... The Hubs and I ate one fresh from the oven plus butter (of course). I liked them. He said it would make good pizza dough. Hmmm...
I scored a cross into the foreground and did not on the tray in the background. I found no difference in icing-ease-ability in either case. I say do what you do. And if I was to do it again I'd skip the cross cutting.
The next morning I added the frosting. Both boys liked them. With butter. And honey. They both said they would like them more if there was icing all over the surface not just in the "x" shape. I was like...guys...hot CROSS buns.
Oh well.
I told them that next time we would make extra icing for dipping etc. Help me. I think we'll make them again. It might be a fun tradition!
~Audry
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