Is it just me or can you see the face of a cross bunny who has lost his ears? When Sam sent out the challenge to make our own hot cross buns I decided to rise (oh that's witty) to the occasion and have a go. I decided to go with Delia's recipe as I had milk in the house and knew if I wanted to buy fresh yeast it would take me all day to find someone to sell it to me.
Unlike the engineer I didn't bother with the paste crosses. My slashes in the top were not perfect so the cross is not well defined. Also as I was about to add the mixed spice I discovered I didn't have any in the cupboard so mixed 1/2 teaspoon each of nutmeg and cinnamon.
I agree with the engineer they don't taste like a store bought bun but I ate two as soon as they came out of the oven. I like them. I've put them in the freezer with the plan to bring them out Sunday morning and defrost them. But I'm thinking I will make some dough Saturday night and rest it in the fridge overnight and make fresh buns Sunday morning. I now have the mixed spice so they should taste more authentic.
Pascale and Clotilde have both made adapted versions of Delia's recipe. There seems to be some problem with linking with Delia. You may need to Google it.
