Hot Cross Buns

"Hot cross buns shout out ‘spring! Easter!’ Fluffy sweet buns that you might well have during the year but not quite so spiced, not quite so shiny with glaze, nor adorned with those white crosses that have long lost their religious connotations but do look pretty don’t they? I start baking them in March, regardless when this movable feast will fall on, and I probably bake up to 50 in a season! Because there’s nothing, but nothing better to have for breakfast in early spring than a hot cross bun, home made, lightly toasted with a pile of butter on its sliced half."

Preparation Time3 hr