Hotcross buns

[foiled]

Anyone know how to get a cross on a hotcross bun?

[Rave]

As far as I know....cut two strips of foil, lay them across the top of a bun in a cross shape then press them into the dough slightly, then bake. The foil protects the bit of the bun underneath it which stays whiter than the rest of it.

[headbrace]

I am told it is a mixture of lard, flour and oil IIRC, maybe something else. It's piped onto the top of the buns to give the cross shape.

[skuzgib]

My mom made some today and used pastry for the crosses.

They were v. v. nice

[muddyfox470]

Dash down to the supermarket and get some, although i dont like them too much (hot X Buns that is lol!)

Marks and Spencers and Sainsbury's sell nice ones! (cheaply)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/da...buns_397.shtml
http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/r...tcrossbuns.asp

Waitrose are normally good with their recipes, easy to follow!

[menthel]

They can also be used to make amazing bread and butter pudding!

[Nick]

In big batch runs, the cross is piped on using a runny sweet dough, when I've done them at home, I glaze the bun with beaten egg to make it brown up, and lay a cross of extra bun dough over the top and galze that two mins from thr end of cooking with a little milk.