Hot Cross Buns

 Hot cross buns,

Hot cross buns,

One a penny, two a penny,

Hot cross buns,

If you have no daughters,

Give them to your sons,

One a penny, two a penny,

Hot cross buns

One thing I like to do every Easter is make my own hot cross buns.  I usually make a huge batch on Good Friday and they last the whole weekend.  They taste so-o-o much better than the bought ones, and are much less expensive.

By Easter Sunday the buns are slightly stale, so I split and toast them.  They are delicious warm, spread with melting butter.

I posted the recipe back in 2008 and you can find it here.  This year I didn't have any mixed fruit so I used currants and sultanas.  The buns are still very tasty, although I prefer the flavour you get from the citrus peel in mixed fruit.*

*Mixed fruit is a commercial blend of candied citrus peel, raisins, currants, glace cherries and sultanas.

  If you can't source it, use any dried fruit of your choice.