What are hot cross buns?
Hot Cross Buchty is a type of spicy, sweet yeast bread traditionally exchanged among Christians on Good Friday, especially in England. They are also available in other seasons and are among the family of yeast jumps available at most bakeries. Hot Cross Buns have a well -known and distinctive look, they are inflated pastries with a cross made of dough, icing or simple buzz before baking. Traditionally, hot cross buns are baked in a large pan and torn, creating a torn edge along the sides of the bun. The dough is allowed to raise in a warm place and then form it in the bun and place it on the pan for the second climb. If the baker makes the cross in the body to the cross, which is glued to the top of the bun. After baking, the buns can cool and then stretch.
Some hot cross buns are made with icing, usually with a sweet lemon glaze. This causesthat they resemble many other breakfast pastries that use icing as a decorative accent. Unlike other sweet buns, however, hot cross buns are traditionally spicy by adding spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Dried fruits such as currants are added to provide bread texture.
The exact origin of Hot Cross Buchty is questionable. The buns are associated with the Easter tradition from at least 1300s, when the monk distributed the buns to the poor on Good Friday. However, the symbol of Christianity of the previous data and buns could have been originally replaced on pagan holidays, such as a solstice, with a cross symbolizing the change of the seasons of the Moon.
According to one story, Hot Cross Buns was very popular in the pagan community and the early Christian church tried to ban them. Elizabeth and England reportedly legalized buns by their connection with Christian holidays. This story seems to be somewhat apocryphal, since hot cross buns were part of Christian celebrationsSince the birth of Elizabeth and that the Christian Church generally does not require pastry wars.
Where the buns come from, they are now a popular and tasty Easter meal. Hot cross Buchty can be found in bakeries all year round, and many of them also create special Easter versions that can pre -order families that do not want to create their own. Hot Cross Buns are delicious, while fresh and hot, of course, but they are also beautiful toasted with butter paint.