Hot cross nearly buns…

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I’ve been tormented with the sight of beautiful yeasty buns whenever I step into the supermarkets. Gorgeous with their speckles of fruit or, (for those in the know) choc chip laden and dark with melty piles of chocolate. It seemed far too suspicious that these buns appeared directly after V-day in my local supermarket. However, as we near the time for those chocolatey eggs, celebration with families and remembrance I thought it best to finally have a crack, at making my nearly hot cross bun

This is a yeasted bread with milk and eggs. It has that wonderful cake like texture, similar to those buns and it bursts with raw sugar crumbs and lots of speckled dried fruit…Hch

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