I& #39;m attempting to bake hot cross buns for the first time. Gonna live tweet my progress because why not. This may fail...
I& #39;m following this recipe:
https://www.bettys.co.uk/blog/recipe-hot-cross-buns
Initial">https://www.bettys.co.uk/blog/reci... risks are: I don& #39;t have strong flour and I& #39;m going to have to make my own mixed spice.
I& #39;m following this recipe:
https://www.bettys.co.uk/blog/recipe-hot-cross-buns
Initial">https://www.bettys.co.uk/blog/reci... risks are: I don& #39;t have strong flour and I& #39;m going to have to make my own mixed spice.
Strong flour, I& #39;ve learned, is number 812 in Germany (doesn& #39;t help, couldn& #39;t find it in the apocalypse).
Mixed spice is a British thing and I& #39;m going to make my own following this mix: #wprm-recipe-container-48536">https://www.daringgourmet.com/british-mixed-spice/ #wprm-recipe-container-48536">https://www.daringgourmet.com/british-m...
Mixed spice is a British thing and I& #39;m going to make my own following this mix: #wprm-recipe-container-48536">https://www.daringgourmet.com/british-mixed-spice/ #wprm-recipe-container-48536">https://www.daringgourmet.com/british-m...
This starts to feel like yak shaving, because now I need to figure out what & #39;all spice& #39; is. Great naming there...Turns out it& #39;s & #39;piment& #39; in Germany. I& #39;ve googled mace. It& #39;s something to do with nutmeg. I& #39;m ignoring it.
Recipe says to cover it in cling film and put it in the fridge to relax
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I appear to have very independent cling film. It& #39;s not clingy at all. Hopefully relaxation can happen anyway.
I appear to have very independent cling film. It& #39;s not clingy at all. Hopefully relaxation can happen anyway.
Mixed spice made! Probably more than I& #39;ll ever need. It smells like Christmas. I was sceptical about the coriander but I put it in anyway. Piment ist apparently also & #39;clove pepper& #39; (literal German translation) so now you know...
This is the risky part. I do not have any experience baking with fresh yeast. It smells funny. I& #39;m about to dissolve it in tepid water. How warm is tepid?
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It said lightly floured but I had to add more cos this stuff is superglue. It smells good but it& #39;s glue. Now it& #39;s probably too dry....
Mixed fruit. I learned that currants are & #39;korinthen& #39;. We don& #39;t have mixed dried fruit here so I& #39;m using Orangeat. Shrug. We& #39;ll see...
Biggest problem so far - me thinking that 4x4 is 12
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙈" title="See-no-evil monkey" aria-label="Emoji: See-no-evil monkey"> so the sizes aren& #39;t the same. Now they& #39;re going to & #39;prove& #39; for 1-2 hours. Which means they& #39;re coming sunbathing with me. Let& #39;s hope they rise....
I had a peek.... they& #39;re rising!
I& #39;m back! Making the glaze (lots of water and sugar, boiled until syrupy).
I do not own a piping bag so this& #39;ll have to do. The substance of this is also glue.
In the oven! Don& #39;t burn them now, Alex...
My phone is sticky.
(if you& #39;re normally here for testing, agile and ceo-life content, #sorrynotsorry it& #39;s the apocalypse).
Three minutes till they& #39;re done
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Three minutes till they& #39;re done
Oh god the syrup has gone hard and I& #39;m stuck to everything!
Aesthetically I& #39;m impressed! Some have large dollops of sticky sugar syrup, some crosses aren& #39;t perfect... They smell right...
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤩" title="Star-struck" aria-label="Emoji: Star-struck"> Now just to actually taste them...
Omg. They taste just right! I am so proud! That was a lot of effort
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Now I need to eat 12 hot cross buns....
Happy Easter in these weird times everyone!
Now I need to eat 12 hot cross buns....
Happy Easter in these weird times everyone!