The week before Easter

[shewhomust]

There were hot cross buns for breakfast. I baked them yesterday, to my mashup of Felicity Cloake's recipe. I hesitated over including the saffron, because surely it isn't traditional? But commercial hot cross buns seem to be getting more and more random: at first it was just apple and cinnamon; then there were chocolate buns, and citrus ('Saint Clements'); yesterday I saw a Sainsbury's ad for cheddar cheese and onion marmalade hot cross buns. Compared to that, saffron is mainstream - and I really like saffron.

I hope this doesn't jinx it, but the sourdough is going really well at the moment. What am I doing that's different? Nothing in particular, but I think I'm more confident abot handling a wetter dough.

Also, I have earwormed myself with The Week Before Easter - though I usually think of that tune as Dancing at Whitsun. (And the lyrics lurk behind Dylan's Ballad in Plain D...)

Comments

[cmcmck]

Love hot cross buns but some of these 'variants' are just plain silly!

[nineweaving]

cheddar cheese and onion marmalade hot cross buns...

Good heavens! What next, pickled simnel cake?

Also, I have earwormed myself with The Week Before Easter...

Lovely! I'll be listening t a favorite Playford, "Easter Thursday."

Nine

[shewhomust]

I don't want to cramp anyone's creativity: of you want to experiment with interesting flavours, go ahead! But if you want to bake hot cross buns ...

[shewhomust]

So many great tunes - I didn't know that one, and had to look ot up!