Comments on: Boozy Hot Cross Buns with Rum Brown Sugar Butter http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817 honest food & libations from a modern heartland kitchen Thu, 10 Apr 2014 03:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Happy Easter! | My blank page http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817&cpage=1#comment-5029 Happy Easter! | My blank page Mon, 09 May 2011 11:11:13 +0000 http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817#comment-5029 [...] Hot Cross Buns With Rum Brown Sugar Butter Adapted from A Little Zaftig,Taste and Tell, and [...] [...] Hot Cross Buns With Rum Brown Sugar Butter Adapted from A Little Zaftig,Taste and Tell, and [...]

]]> By: Laura http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817&cpage=1#comment-4218 Laura Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:46:31 +0000 http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817#comment-4218 Joyce, you are in for a treat. Mine aren't really a traditional hot cross bun. I would use a milk bread recipe if you want something closer to what you'd find in England, which is what I've done in the past sometimes. I made an enriched dough loaded with butter and sweetened with sugar for this version. You might also cut the liquid to sugar ratio in the icing to make a more traditional thick stripe of frosting. I like the drizzly icing above for its punch of flavor and because it doesn't add that sticky frosting thing. Soaking the dried fruit really makes them sing, but that isn't traditional either. You could use juice in place of the rum and liqueur if you want. Whichever recipe you choose, Mmmmm, they're good. Joyce, you are in for a treat. Mine aren’t really a traditional hot cross bun. I would use a milk bread recipe if you want something closer to what you’d find in England, which is what I’ve done in the past sometimes. I made an enriched dough loaded with butter and sweetened with sugar for this version. You might also cut the liquid to sugar ratio in the icing to make a more traditional thick stripe of frosting. I like the drizzly icing above for its punch of flavor and because it doesn’t add that sticky frosting thing. Soaking the dried fruit really makes them sing, but that isn’t traditional either. You could use juice in place of the rum and liqueur if you want. Whichever recipe you choose, Mmmmm, they’re good.

]]> By: Laura http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817&cpage=1#comment-4216 Laura Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:40:52 +0000 http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817#comment-4216 I used dried. Coincidentally, I've just spent nearly an hour on the phone to every produce purveyor in Minneapolis looking for fresh currants. No luck. Now I'm dreaming of planting a white currant bush this spring. And speaking of boozy recipes, I made champagne jelly this morning. Post this afternoon as soon as I pop it out of its mold... Your Hair of the Dog Pound Cake looks amazing, by the way. I used dried. Coincidentally, I’ve just spent nearly an hour on the phone to every produce purveyor in Minneapolis looking for fresh currants. No luck. Now I’m dreaming of planting a white currant bush this spring. And speaking of boozy recipes, I made champagne jelly this morning. Post this afternoon as soon as I pop it out of its mold… Your Hair of the Dog Pound Cake looks amazing, by the way.

]]> By: Meagan @ Scarletta Bakes http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817&cpage=1#comment-4215 Meagan @ Scarletta Bakes Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:36:26 +0000 http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817#comment-4215 Oooh la la - these look amazing. You and I must be simpatico since I have been enjoying baking with adult beverages lately. Did you use dried or fresh currants? If fresh, do you think dried would work well instead? Oooh la la – these look amazing.

You and I must be simpatico since I have been enjoying baking with adult beverages lately.

Did you use dried or fresh currants? If fresh, do you think dried would work well instead?

]]> By: Joyce http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817&cpage=1#comment-4213 Joyce Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:42:04 +0000 http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817#comment-4213 You know, I've never had a hot cross bun, even though it was one of the first songs I learned how to play on the piano. These look delicious and I might have to have my first soon! It also reminds me I should really figure out where to find some currants soon. You know, I’ve never had a hot cross bun, even though it was one of the first songs I learned how to play on the piano. These look delicious and I might have to have my first soon!
It also reminds me I should really figure out where to find some currants soon.

]]> By: Sophia http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817&cpage=1#comment-4208 Sophia Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:11:18 +0000 http://alittlezaftig.com/?p=4817#comment-4208 Mnmnmnm they look so buttery and delicious! Fond Easter memories. Mnmnmnm they look so buttery and delicious! Fond Easter memories.

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