If you like to make bread these hot cross buns will be a nice addition to your repertoire. They are very simple to make and taste wonderful.

Since it’s almost Easter I thought it would be nice to try out some new Easter recipes. We always buy hot cross buns, so I thought if I can make bread, I’m sure I can make hot cross buns. Hot cross buns are basically a sweet dough with dried fruit and spices added. There are literally hundreds of recipes out there. I found this hot cross bun recipe on the BBC site and it seemed really easy.  I love the fact that this recipe calls for chopped apples in addition to the dried fruit. As usual, I have made a couple tweaks to the recipe, so my version is below. I hope you enjoy it.

Ingredients:

300ml + 2 tbsp of 2% milk

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