Hot X Buns

I remember my Mum doing that, Tanith (going out early and buying HOT hot x buns, I mean). (Sorry, don't mean to imply that you are old enough to be my Mum!) We used to love having them for breakfast on Good Friday. Nowadays the supermarkets seem to sell them all year round.

We used to do that too, tanith - and they were put into a nice paper bag!

I have made them before now but perhaps not this year. We need to lose weight and I would make too many and we would be gobbling them up trying to resist more than one.

When my kids were small I used to get up early on Good Friday and walk down to the bakers and buy our Hot Cross Buns straight out of the oven . The smell as I came back in the house with a dozen 'HOT' Hot Cross Buns soon had everyone out of bed and sat at the table with a pot of tea and lots of buttered buns,.... those were the days...
Now I'd be pushed to find a bakers never mind one that actually cooks Hot Cross Buns..

They had none in our large Tesco this morning - scandalous!

www.bestdaily.co.uk/food/news/a638141/top-gluten-free-and-dairy-free-easter-food-ideas.html I can't find the link I saw, this one recommends Waitrose and M&S but you may have tried those already.

I did see a list of gf hot cross buns and one came out quite well, I will see if I can find it.

Agreed tanith

I prefer the traditional ones... why do they always have to 'muck about' with things?

STOP IT! The GF ones are foul and any I make are worse still!!

M&S have several varieties, apple is my favourite. I had one for breakfast today.

The chocolate ones are foul but the others are traditional and tasty.

Yes, they do here too (Sydney) and at home in the UK. I can never quite get my head around it having been brought up with them for sale only on Good Friday. (I have to say the choc chip ones are quite good!)

Bakeries over here sell hot cross buns all year round; some are chocolate.