{"id":4006,"date":"2011-04-16T09:42:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T13:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2011-04-16T09:42:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T13:42:43","slug":"hot-cross-buns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=4006","title":{"rendered":"Hot cross buns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"005\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s a little early- if you are following the church calendar,<\/p>\n

but I haven\u2019t baked anything recently and that is very hard on my feeling<\/p>\n

of well being.  ( So is sciatica, but this is on a different level of pain.)  <\/p>\n

I need to have some dough raising somewhere to make me feel whole.<\/p>\n

And these made me feel a whole lot better!  \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

I really didn\u2019t follow a recipe-<\/p>\n

I boiled a small potato, mashed it up and added 1-2 tsps of yeast when the water<\/p>\n

cooled sufficiently.  Then I added 1\/2 cup sugar and stirred it up and let the whole pan <\/p>\n

rest to proof the yeast.<\/p>\n

I added enough flour ( 3 to 5 cups) to get a stiff dough, 1 tsp of salt, and 1 tsp of cinnamon<\/p>\n

and 1\/2 cup soft butter and kneaded it all together. <\/p>\n

I chopped up a slice or two of crystallized ginger and  cup currants<\/p>\n

and added them at the end of the kneading process, so they were incorporated in the dough.<\/p>\n

Then- I went to the couch to rest my sore leg and back for about an hour or so.<\/p>\n

(After putting the dough in an oiled bowl and covering it.)<\/p>\n

Then after the dough was almost doubled in size, I rolled it into small balls of uniform<\/p>\n

size and placed them in a round cake pan.  Allowing it to raise for another hour and a half-<\/p>\n

and then baked them at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"006\"<\/a>Then I let them cool and mixed up some icing<\/p>\n

sugar and half an half and drizzled crosses on each bun.<\/p>\n

\"008\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Delicious and perfect for both the tummy and the soul!<\/p>\n

Hot Cross Buns!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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