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Imprudent Baking: Hot Cross Buns
Apr. 24th, 2011 12:52 amI need to institute a no bread baking after 6 PM rule. Hot Cross Buns are just now coming out of the oven. I have to work tomorrow. Good grief. And I managed to forget the egg wash and I'm skipping the cross part, and some managed to get scorched (lame!). I'd give the recipe another go and not use all whole wheat flour next time (a modification I made because that's all I had), starting at a sensible hour. Recipe here:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Hot-Cross-Buns-101452
It does satisfy my urge to have baked the darn Hot Cross Buns though. I'd never even eaten them before, and I got it in my head that I should make them and couldn't shake it. It reminded me of the time as a wee one when I woke up at 5 AM and barged into my parents bedroom, demanding that we make a gingerbread house that day no matter what or I was going to have a colossal never ending melt down. They caved, we made gingerbread houses that day. The hot cross buns urge was equally powerful and irrational. I'll probably be more exhausted and cranky as a consequence of my late night than when I was a kid waking in the wee hours though.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Hot-Cross-Buns-101452
It does satisfy my urge to have baked the darn Hot Cross Buns though. I'd never even eaten them before, and I got it in my head that I should make them and couldn't shake it. It reminded me of the time as a wee one when I woke up at 5 AM and barged into my parents bedroom, demanding that we make a gingerbread house that day no matter what or I was going to have a colossal never ending melt down. They caved, we made gingerbread houses that day. The hot cross buns urge was equally powerful and irrational. I'll probably be more exhausted and cranky as a consequence of my late night than when I was a kid waking in the wee hours though.
