Cookie, could be the flour water ratio. I’m finding in this hot weather I’m adding more liquid. In fact quite a lot more. However the recipe is quite solid, not fluffy like the bought ones. I think the amount of fruit retards the rising. Adding improver may give a lighter bun.
The small loaf I made yesterday was oat, yogurt and maple syrup. Lovely. I can’t resist fiddling with the recipes. This made a beautiful ham and salad sandwich.

Half of our house is tiled flooring so I spent most of the day moving everything out of the way, vacuuming then mopping the floors and putting it all back together again - the only trouble was, it was so hot that the wet areas were drying almost as soon as I mopped them so I am sure I re-mopped the same bits of floor many times!  Ah well, at least I know it is clean now.

I made some Hot Cross Buns today using Chookie’s recipe. They look good and taste nice but I felt the dough was a little stiff.

Stir fry honey soy prawns and broccoli on rice.

A friend came for afternoon tea and brought some home grown rhubarb and broad beans from her garden

Mab, nice.
I’m going to have another go at sorting out more stuff for OP shop.