...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
DeleteBe glad the towel was hanging there on the oven door and not in its usual inappropriate place.
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
And to think, the Mistress wanted to be a monk once.
DeleteI did not know that about the Hot Cross Buns.
ReplyDeleteYou're looking good, Maddie!
Two rooms the slut cooks well in...the kitchen and bedroom.
DeleteIt 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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Not to mention, beaten, whipped, stirred, kneaded and spat on.
DeleteOh, 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.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought it was the nuts that captured your attention.
DeleteMistress, 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.
ReplyDeleteIcing...buttercream or otherwise in very much enjoyed by the Lad. He like his food and sex and sometimes at the same time!!!
DeleteThe hot cross buns look especially delicious this year. Lucky special friends.
ReplyDeleteI was feeling cheeky, but worry not, I don't bake nude!
DeleteI ironed nude... Once. Lesson learned.
DeleteOUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't recommend hot honey either.
DeleteNice buns! And you don't know which ones I'm talkin' about, but I'd coat them in frosting instead of only making a cross.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Love love love these buns!
ReplyDeleteYour buns looked great and are very generous portions.
ReplyDeleteHot cross buns are so tasty!!!!! I serve mine very warm, and they have a spicy (cinnamon and allspice) taste to them and a brioche texture and raisins in them. And depending how you roll them and bake them, they can be cute and dainty or big and satisfying like yours, lmao!!!!!!. You can slice them open and spread a generous amount of butter on them and have them with coffee.
ReplyDeleteTake this as you will, LOL.
OMG! I recall both my mother and grandmothers making these at Easter. I have to make a point to find one tomorrow. You must be a great baker...I wouldn't know where to start. You are cheeky my friend, ha ha ha!
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