Hot cross buns

[Currywurst and Chips]

It’s that time of year

Other than butter what’s a decent topping for them?

Girlfriend has bought a job lot for the family

[Long slender neck]

custard

[Currywurst and Chips]

[Long slender neck]

Heated. Its basically bread and butter pudding.

[Proposition Joe]

Speculoos spread.

[Real Al]

I've only ever heard of them with butter. Do people really put other stuff on?

[claptonCasual]

My wife doesn't get the buns out until Good Friday, then it's with butter and cheese.

[Pugwash]

Honey is a game changer, the clear stuff of course

[Max B Gold]

Butter and raspberry jam. Then you dip it in a mug of tea with two sugars.

[Celtient]

I detest raisins and sultanas and the like, but when I was a youngster our local baker used to make the most delicious hot cross buns without these foul additions. Having now returned to the village I grew up in ( where the same baker is still going strong) I was eagerly anticipating a hot cross bun feast. The buns still look exactly the same on the outside, but the b*stard's only gone and filled them with shrivelled grapes. Hugely disappointing

[Orient_Man_And_Boy]

Tiptree Tawny Marmalade

[Dunners]

Nothing. Butter is enough. Hot Cross buns are one of those foods where any degree of fancying around, and trying to be special, just ruins them.

[Max B Gold]

I detest raisins and sultanas and the like, but when I was a youngster our local baker used to make the most delicious hot cross buns without these foul additions. Having now returned to the village I grew up in ( where the same baker is still going strong) I was eagerly anticipating a hot cross bun feast. The buns still look exactly the same on the outside, but the b*stard's only gone and filled them with shrivelled grapes. Hugely disappointing

Shame he didn't remember you and bake a batch of fruitless buns. It's emblematic of falling standards of customer care in this decaying society.

[StillSpike]

Hot Cross Bun Bread and Butter Pudding

https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recip ... ing-recipe

Fantastic use of a "glut" - I go out and buy a glut several times each spring.

[Currywurst and Chips]

Hot Cross Bun Bread and Butter Pudding

https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recip ... ing-recipe

Fantastic use of a "glut" - I go out and buy a glut several times each spring.

Sounds pretty fit tbf

And I don’t even like bread and butter pudding

[Bandy Legs]

I detest raisins and sultanas and the like, but when I was a youngster our local baker used to make the most delicious hot cross buns without these foul additions. Having now returned to the village I grew up in ( where the same baker is still going strong) I was eagerly anticipating a hot cross bun feast. The buns still look exactly the same on the outside, but the b*stard's only gone and filled them with shrivelled grapes. Hugely disappointing

Hating Raisins & Sultanas, Are you a blue nose in disguise ?

[StillSpike]

I detest raisins and sultanas and the like, but when I was a youngster our local baker used to make the most delicious hot cross buns without these foul additions. Having now returned to the village I grew up in ( where the same baker is still going strong) I was eagerly anticipating a hot cross bun feast. The buns still look exactly the same on the outside, but the b*stard's only gone and filled them with shrivelled grapes. Hugely disappointing

Shame he didn't remember you and bake a batch of fruitless buns. It's emblematic of falling standards of customer care in this decaying society.

Ha - Mrs Spike detests raisins and sultanas (especially sultanas - she calls them "slugs"). So she prepares the buns for the aforementioned HCBB&B Pudding, and when doing so, she picks out the juicy little buggers from one end of the dish. These are mine while I prepare the eggs and cream mix.

[Omygawd]

Decent ones require no additional topping or infiltration. That is all.

[Max B Gold]

Mrs Gold has returned from foraging at M&S with Lemon Curd filled HCB's. At 316 calories a pop it's a risk I'm willing to take.

[Urbane Vancelo]

Bacon. Delicious. Only did it once. Couldn't live with the guilt.

[ChorizO]

Makes a good sausage sarnie.

[Turk]

The M&S Blueberry ones are lovely. Sure they used to do a marmite and cheese one as well that tasted a bit like a massive twiglet

[BIGRON]

My wife doesn't get the buns out until Good Friday, then it's with butter and cheese.

My wife doesn't get her buns out at all these days

[Celtient]

Bacon? Sausage? Marmite? What is wrong with you people. I'll stick to my fish marinated in a chocolate custard and pickled onion sauce spread thank you very much

[slacker]

I always find these rather underwhelming, but I’ll still eat them if they’re around (with just butter - and lightly toasted if they are on the dry side). I can’t be doing with those Mr Kipling Hot Cross Pies though. Sounds to me like Big Pie Co are just using up the left over Xmas Mince Pies by putting an X on the pastry lid.