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Easter Recipes

Hot cross buns, hot cross buns!

hen one thinks about Easter, there are a number flour paste is placed in the form of a cross over the brown top
of favourite treats that immediately come to of the bun before it is baked in the oven.
Wmind. Of course, the main focus for the kids is While hot cross buns are now sold and enjoyed throughout
anything to do with chocolate – especially the bunnies in the year, they were once reserved for Good Friday alone. The
all shapes and sizes, and the Easter eggs. On the other hand, origins of hot cross buns may go back as far as the 12th century.
without hot cross buns, what would Easter be? According to a popular story, an Anglican monk baked the
buns and marked them with a cross to symbolise the cross on
What exactly are Hot Cross Buns? which Jesus Christ was crucified. The Sunday following Good
A traditional hot cross bun is a sweet bun that’s lightly Friday is known as Easter Sunday – the day when Christians
spiced and studded with raisins or currants. A thin ribbon of around the world celebrate Jesus’s resurrection.

Five innovative ways to enjoy hot cross buns
Hannah Lewry shares her favourite ways to make the most
out of hot cross buns over the Easter long weekend.

EASTER CAKE POPS
Place six hot cross buns in a food processor and blend
until they form breadcrumbs. Transfer the crumbs to a bowl.
Prepare 1 x 250g Woolworths chocolate icing kit according
to package instructions and spoon enough into the hot cross
bun crumbs to make the mixture stick together so that it can
easily be made into shapes. Roll 1 tbsp of mixture at a time
into bite-sized balls. Skewer onto lollipop sticks and dip into
melted dark or white chocolate, sprinkle with 100s and 1000s
and chill until ready to serve.

GRILLED GORGONZOLA SOLDIERS
Dot halved hot cross buns with blue cheese or Gorgonzola,

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