{"id":5910,"date":"2023-04-06T06:43:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T06:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/?p=5910"},"modified":"2023-04-06T07:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T07:04:03","slug":"homemade-hot-cross-buns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Cross Buns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hot Cross Buns <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/IMG_6950a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s2\">Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th-century monk, is widely credited as making the very first hot cross or Alban buns in 1361. A sweet, fruity bake bearing a cross on top, the buns were given to the local poor on Good Friday. This Easter treat so pleased the recipients that word soon spread, and efforts were made across the country to imitate these cakes.<b>\u00a0<\/b>By the 19th century, hot cross buns were commonly eaten on Good Friday to mark the end of Lent. \u00a0The buns were marked with a cross in honour of the crucifixion of Jesus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Those who share a hot cross bun are supposed to enjoy a strong friendship and bond for the next year. A line from an old rhyme captures this lore, &#8220;Half for you and half for me, between us two, good luck shall be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<p>Makes 10 Hot Cross Buns<\/p>\n<p>200mls milk, 50g unsalted butter, 1tsp Vanilla extract, 2 tsp dried yeast, 100g Caster Sugar, 500g White bread flour, 1 tsp salt, 4 tsp mixed spice, 2 tsp Cinnamon, 150g mixed dried fruits, 1 egg beaten and 1 extra for glazing<\/p>\n<p>For the paste to make the cross &#8211; 3 tbsp plain flour &amp; 3 tbsp caster sugar and water to combine into a thick paste<\/p>\n<h4>Method<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Warm the milk, butter and vanilla in a pan on a low heat, check is only tepid, whisk in 1 tbsp sugar and add the yeast<\/li>\n<li>Mix the remaining sugar, flour, salt and spices into a mixing bowl<\/li>\n<li>Mix in the egg and milk mixture to form a dough<\/li>\n<li>Knead for 10 mins on a floured surface<\/li>\n<li>Press out dough into a rectangle and add the mixed dried fruit<\/li>\n<li>Knead briefly to combine<\/li>\n<li>Place the dough in an oiled bowl and place in a warm place to prove for 1-2 hours until doubled in size<\/li>\n<li>Turn out onto a floured surface and knock the dough back, divide into 10 balls<\/li>\n<li>Place balls on a lined baking sheet\/s and cover with cling film<\/li>\n<li>Return for second rise, proving for 1-2 hours<\/li>\n<li>Preheat oven to 220 and brush the buns with egg wash<\/li>\n<li>Mix the plain flour and water to make a thick paste and then pipe this onto the buns to make the cross<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 15-20 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Remove and cool on a wire rack<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/IMG_6951a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/IMG_6946a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BBC Good Food Hot Cross Buns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/food\/recipes\/hotcrossbuns_397\">Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot Cross Buns Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th-century monk, is widely credited as making the very first hot cross or Alban buns in 1361. A sweet, fruity bake bearing a cross on top, the buns were given to the local poor on Good Friday. This Easter treat so pleased the recipients that word soon spread, and [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[169,137,143,138,134],"tags":[161,155],"class_list":["post-5910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baking","category-cooking","category-homemade","category-recipe","category-spring","tag-homemade","tag-recipe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hot Cross Buns - Jordans Glamping<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten to mark the end of Lent, follow this recipe to make your own Hot cross buns which are perfect for sharing at Easter.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hot Cross Buns - Jordans Glamping\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten to mark the end of Lent, follow this recipe to make your own Hot cross buns which are perfect for sharing at Easter.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jordans Glamping\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-06T06:43:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-06T07:04:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/IMG_6950a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"585\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Richard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Richard\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Richard\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3378a124f9af5ea1e6bf9c4d7a97ffd\"},\"headline\":\"Hot Cross Buns\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-06T06:43:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-06T07:04:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":388,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/IMG_6950a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"homemade\",\"recipe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Baking\",\"Cooking\",\"Homemade\",\"Recipe\",\"Spring\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hot Cross Buns - Jordans Glamping\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/IMG_6950a.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-06T06:43:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-06T07:04:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3378a124f9af5ea1e6bf9c4d7a97ffd\"},\"description\":\"Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten to mark the end of Lent, follow this recipe to make your own Hot cross buns which are perfect for sharing at Easter.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/IMG_6950a.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/IMG_6950a.jpg\",\"width\":585,\"height\":780},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hot Cross Buns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jordans Glamping\",\"description\":\"Glamping accommodation\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\\\/glamping\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a3378a124f9af5ea1e6bf9c4d7a97ffd\",\"name\":\"Richard\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8368f00925a6410783ed7426df3460cf8a5009847ad226d6cb398f0ca44b842d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8368f00925a6410783ed7426df3460cf8a5009847ad226d6cb398f0ca44b842d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8368f00925a6410783ed7426df3460cf8a5009847ad226d6cb398f0ca44b842d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Richard\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hot Cross Buns - Jordans Glamping","description":"Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten to mark the end of Lent, follow this recipe to make your own Hot cross buns which are perfect for sharing at Easter.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hot Cross Buns - Jordans Glamping","og_description":"Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten to mark the end of Lent, follow this recipe to make your own Hot cross buns which are perfect for sharing at Easter.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/","og_site_name":"Jordans Glamping","article_published_time":"2023-04-06T06:43:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-04-06T07:04:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":585,"height":780,"url":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/IMG_6950a.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Richard","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Richard","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/"},"author":{"name":"Richard","@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/#\/schema\/person\/a3378a124f9af5ea1e6bf9c4d7a97ffd"},"headline":"Hot Cross Buns","datePublished":"2023-04-06T06:43:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-06T07:04:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/"},"wordCount":388,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/IMG_6950a.jpg","keywords":["homemade","recipe"],"articleSection":["Baking","Cooking","Homemade","Recipe","Spring"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/","url":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/","name":"Hot Cross Buns - Jordans Glamping","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/IMG_6950a.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-06T06:43:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-06T07:04:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/#\/schema\/person\/a3378a124f9af5ea1e6bf9c4d7a97ffd"},"description":"Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten to mark the end of Lent, follow this recipe to make your own Hot cross buns which are perfect for sharing at Easter.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/IMG_6950a.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/IMG_6950a.jpg","width":585,"height":780},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/homemade-hot-cross-buns\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hot Cross Buns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/","name":"Jordans Glamping","description":"Glamping accommodation","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/#\/schema\/person\/a3378a124f9af5ea1e6bf9c4d7a97ffd","name":"Richard","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8368f00925a6410783ed7426df3460cf8a5009847ad226d6cb398f0ca44b842d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8368f00925a6410783ed7426df3460cf8a5009847ad226d6cb398f0ca44b842d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8368f00925a6410783ed7426df3460cf8a5009847ad226d6cb398f0ca44b842d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Richard"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5910"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5923,"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910\/revisions\/5923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jordansestate.co.uk\/glamping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}