How To Make Hot Cross Buns — Recipes from The Kitchn

Hot cross buns are lightly sweetened, mildly spiced rolls with a distinct image of a cross that runs across the top. They are specifically associated with Good Friday, and have been for almost a millennium. Over time, hot cross buns in the U.S. became extremely sweet, and today are often criss-crossed with a sugary icing, but that isn't the recipe of yore; the original crossing mixture was more of a paste.

Classic hot cross buns hold genuine symbolic value that can stand deliciously and proudly alongside any holiday baked treat.

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