#hotcrossbuns

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Jul 19, 2021
2 min

Have Discard? Make Sourdough Breakfast Buns or Rolls

This recipe is a version of one I use for hot cross buns at Easter and, instead of just raisins or currents, I add other dried fruits and nuts. I sometimes drizzle the baked buns with an orange icing and other times just dust them with powdered sugar. The buns are soft, just a bit sweet, and studded with dried fruit and nuts. Try the buns for a special breakfast or with coffee or tea. Enjoy! Sourdough Breakfast Buns or Rolls -- Makes 24+ 2 cups of sourdough starter 2 cups

Mar 30, 2018
3 min

Sourdough Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns have a long history, but, traditionally, they are eaten during Lent and especially on Good Friday. The buns are marked with a cross on the top, sometimes with a knife imprint and other times with dough or an icing. Some stories have the buns going back to ancient Greece and pagan times. Queen Elizabeth I wanted to keep hot cross buns special and in 1592 decreed that that the buns could be sold only on Good Friday, Christmas, or for burials. If, during Eliza

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