...and Hot Cross Buns!
I'm not a religious person, but every Friday is a good Friday in my book! It's the end of another week and the weekend is coming, a nice long one too. But yes, today is indeed Good Friday and for me that means my first Hot Crossed Bun! I made two batches last night for the forthcoming family were getting. Hot cross buns are a spiced, often fruit filled sweet buns marked with a cross, traditional eaten on Good Friday to mark the end of Lent in Christian tradition, The cross symbolizes the crucifixion of Jesus, while the spices represent those used during his burial. They are a beloved Easter symbol of faith and renewal and to the forth coming spring. My grandmother and aunt made them every year, so I keep the tradition going, I guess. I think I read they originated from 12 century monks and it was believed that buns baked on Good Friday would never go moldy and possess healing and prospective powers. Who knows but go to a market or farm stand in PA and I bet you'll see tons of these buns. I use my aunt recipe, a pretty much run of the mill recipe found online, but we add in dried raisins, cherries and dates and almonds, along with nutmeg and a pinch of cinnamon. I had two today!
Of course, many also think of my other hot crossed buns, but they are served to my special friends! Just because it's Good Friday you didn't expect me to behave, did you? I'm always cheeky. 
Those hot cross buns look EXTRA spicy!
ReplyDeleteKitchen Towel hanging off the kitchen Stove. Hmm, you must have had some Louisiana influence somewhere. That's a Louisiana tradition.
ReplyDeleteYou noticed the ***towel***? I had to scroll up to find what you were mentioning. LOL
DeleteThat last one ... I could get behind those hot cross buns!!! Sweet.
ReplyDeleteNow, those buns could bring a lot of men back to this catholic tradition!
ReplyDeleteSweetie indeed!
XOXO
I did not know that about the Hot Cross Buns.
ReplyDeleteYou're looking good, Maddie!
It is fashionable right now to have hot cross buns in chocolate or tiramisu or mango or whatever flavour is in. You still get the white cross, but that's about all that is Eastery about them.
ReplyDeleteA feast on a Friday!
ReplyDeleteThose buns have had plenty of - ahem - ingredients in them...
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Oh, so that's why they're called Hot Cross Buns!
ReplyDeleteHot Cross buns. Yum, yum.
ReplyDeleteScrew jellybeans....Ill take those hoy crossed buns!!!! Very nice Mistress!!!😍😍
ReplyDeleteThank heavens your not shy.
The only Hot Cross Buns I've ever had were yours. And I can't say I was disappointed. I will never pass up a picture of your buns. Those are also very good.
ReplyDeleteMistress, has the golden states woman of this blog, you made no lady blush with your buns. Very nice looking touche but I feel like a dirty old woman seeing it, I can't seem to look away. As far as hot cross buns I adore them. Every year on Good Friday I enjoy three or four right through Easter. I can imagine your aunt's recipe was good.
ReplyDeleteWell, somebody had fun piping the cross on those last buns 😉.
ReplyDeleteThey look delicious!
ReplyDeleteTu t’amuses encore avec ce garçon de maison ?
ReplyDeleteMaîtresse, tu es insatiable :)
-Beau Mec à Deauville
What good is icing your buns unless you have someone in mind to lick it off? Sophie doesn't count.
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