Holy Week, April 9, Hot Cross Buns for Good Friday

 Hot Cross Buns are a traditional end of Lent beginning of Easter breakfast/brunch food. Often they are made and first eaten on Good Friday. The cross cut in the bun and then iced in the design reminds us that the Savior died for us on Good Friday. The spices signify His burial. The bun itself is so tasty with flavorful spices bursting in each mouthful that it is an excellent companion with your Easter spread for breakfast or brunch.

I am linking to a bread machine recipe for Hot Cross Buns. The recipe with supervision allows younger children to help out. One child at a time can drop into the bread machine the measured and prepared ingredient. I personally love baking. I love the whole physical process of feeling the ingredients, smelling them, and handling them from start to finish. With a bread machine the process is a bit quicker, but it still involves organizing and preparing the ingredients, putting them in the machine and then taking them out when the dough is ready to be shaped into buns and allowed to rise. The wonderful smell from baking your own buns and the delicious taste and texture of the buns can't be duplicate by a store-bought bun. Here is the link to a bread machine recipe. https://www.food.com/recipe/hot-cross-buns-bread-machine-86866

A Little Rhyme
" Hot Cross Buns, Hot Cross Buns, one a penny, two a penny Hot Cross Buns. If you have no daughters give them to your sons. One a penny, two a penny, Hot Cross Buns."
                             Old English Nursery Rhyme 
Wishing you and your family a grace-filled Good Friday.