Dish · british
Hot Cross Buns
A spiced, yeasted dough studded with currants is shaped into buns, marked with a flour paste cross, baked, and glazed while warm.
Where it comes from
Hot cross buns are tied to English Good Friday tradition, where the cross marked the bun as a Lenten food, though spiced buns marked with crosses predate that specific Christian association by some accounts.
What cooks argue about
Cooks argue over the cross: a flour and water paste piped on before baking versus icing piped on after, which changes whether the cross bakes into the crust or sits on top.
Versions
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What goes in it
Each one opens everything else made with it.
bread flour
active dry yeast
cinnamon
all purpose flour