Recipe review - Hot cross buns EDC - with photos :)

[Dublin Girl in Oz]

i love hot cross buns 

[cathy79]

Yummy - made a delicious batch tonight.  Used 4 tsp of yeast as suggested by Chookie and it doubled in about an hour..  Ended up with 16 perfect sized hot cross buns.

Thanks to all those who perfected this before me!

[judydawn]

Was worth the waiting aye Cathy!  How clever are we and who would ever have thought we would all be making our own hot cross buns - top points must go to EDC in this instance too as they did get this recipe right although some have tweaked it a bit

[versaceyoyo]

Thanks to the forum and seeing everyone else's amazing results I have now made 2 batches of these and they were delicious.  There is no way I would have attempted this pre-TMX.

[lucyloo]

diddo here have just had my tmx 9 days and due to this thread i thought i would give them a try.  very yummy and easy to make.  i would  never have tried these before, hot x buns are the kind of things that good cooks make.  I guess that makes me a good cook!

[Thermomixer]

Good work lucyloo - gives you a real sense of achievement.

[JulieO]

About a week ago I made a batch of these too. I made into 6 buns and the rest I made into a loaf (portuguese style roll over) which was wonderful sliced and toasted.

The only things I altered was to only use currants and sultanas (no citrus peel) and for the crosses I used 1/4 cup plain flour, 1 tsp icing sugar and 2 tblsp cold water and used a small zip lock bag to pipe on top. Also only made half the amount of glaze which was enough.

Loved these and will make again for Easter. 

[Thermomixer]

Good work JulieO - really, really great to have those photos again. 

[CreamPuff63]

There was a comparison done in the newspaper over the weekend with four brands of commercial Hot Cross buns, none of which scored highly. The highest being about 12/20...think I might even have a crack at making some.

[Ceejay]

Oh definitely lucyloo!  

Just made a batch minus the egg as I have an egg allergic DS3... DD didn't even notice there was no egg and the boys are all happy.  Success!

Have also halved the recipes for the crosses and the sugar syrup with no issues.  

[judydawn]

I have a feeling this year there are going to be more Hot Cross Buns baked at home than ever before.  How many of us have even considered making them before - not many at all but look at us go now 

[marmee]

Loving this thread - thank you.  So basically, there isn't much you would change to the EDC recipe? 

[Ceejay]

So basically, there isn't much you would change to the EDC recipe? 

Well other than pregrinding the spices, halving the dough for the crosses and the sugar syrup and leaving out the egg... nope. 

[boonderoostudio]

Although I haven't made these personally I did enjoy the buns, made by DD3, on the weekend..... she used craisens instead of currants ( I didn't have any currants).The buns were yummmmmmmmmmmmy, unfortunately they were gone just to quickly!!! Jane made it look very simple to make these and I will certainly be making them over Easter, :-) as I'm having some very special visitors staying. Both very good cooks and I'm going to impress with my TMX 

[achookwoman]

I like the craisens better than the currants and find that the homemade peel gives them a real kick.  A little more yeast and a little longer second rise also helps.