{"id":14673,"date":"2017-04-12T10:43:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T17:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=14673"},"modified":"2018-03-21T07:31:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T14:31:47","slug":"2-ways-not-hot-cross-buns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/2-ways-not-hot-cross-buns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Cross Buns or Not Cross Buns? The Choice is Yours"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m known to bake hot cross buns<\/a> any time of year, except maybe summer. Since Easter isn’t a huge holiday for us, Good Friday usually sneaks up on me. This year, I’m ready.<\/p>\n

Over the last few years, I’ve tweaked a Donna Hay recipe and finally\u00a0settled on it as my go-to. You can do a lot of things to fancy up hot cross buns, but I tend to stay fairly traditional using golden raisins or currants. And my one must-have along with the candied citrus is crystallized ginger.<\/p>\n

Most of the time, I don’t even put the crosses on, so sometimes they’re not cross buns. Either way, they’ve got a ton of fruit, a mix of warming spices and they’re perfect with a cup of coffee. \u00a0I like them baked in individual buns, rather than tucking them shoulder-to-shoulder in a cake pan, but if that’s more than you want to sign up for, you can also do a not cross loaf bread version.<\/a> It’s a different recipe, but it’s just as delicious, and arguably better, since you can toast up the slices a day or two later.<\/p>\n

RECIPE: Hot Cross Buns<\/a><\/p>\n

RECIPE: Not Cross Bun Loaf Bread<\/a><\/p>

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I’m known to bake hot cross buns any time of year, except maybe summer. Since Easter isn’t a huge holiday for us, Good Friday usually sneaks up on me. This year, I’m ready. Over the last few years, I’ve tweaked a Donna Hay recipe and finally\u00a0settled on it as my go-to. You can do a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[865,128,463,466,692,1152,1537,305,1538],"class_list":["post-14673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baking","tag-currants","tag-dessert","tag-easter","tag-good-friday","tag-hot-cross-buns","tag-not-cross-buns","tag-raisins","tag-sweet","tag-yeast"],"yoast_head":"\nHot Cross Buns or Not Cross Buns? The Choice is Yours - DailyWaffle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hot or not cross bun? 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