HAPPY EASTER - HOT-CROSS-BUNS

[Kiya]

To everyone...................straight from the oven....

Hot-Cross-Buns filled with sultanas, mixed peel, zest of orange, ground cinnamon & mixed spices coated with hot melting apricot jam.

[Horus]

They look delicious Kiya, save me about 7

[Kiya]

There is more Horus....spread around the family already

[LovelyLadyLux]

Looking delicious!

[Jayway]

Wouldnt mind having you for a neighbour - -

[Kiya]

Thank you

[Horus]

I agree Jay, if she lived a bit closer I could nip around for tea and cakes and maybe even a wee dram, I might have even let her come on holiday with me

[Kiya]

My door is always open to a wee dram & that holiday would be nice

[Horus]

It would be nice to have some company Kiya, we could hunt for fossils together near Lyme Regis while Annie chased the crabs around Ooh I nearly forgot, visit Dawnton Abbey on the way there (High Clere Castle), you could pretend to be Lady Mary Crawley and I could be that butler bloke.

[Kiya]

Now that would be fantastic to visit High Clere Castle , its a beautiful setting

[Horus]

It is a lovely place, I will pass it on my way down to the cottage, it is about a 4 hour drive away for me, so add on the distance from you to me and it would be a long way to travel otherwise you would be most welcome just so long as you brought some cake with you

[Grandad]

I don't normally comment on your culinary posts folks but Kiya, I DO like a nice spicy hot cross bun and yours look delicious.

[Horus]

And even better toasted and spread with butter

[LovelyLadyLux]

Geez - if Kiya lived closer we'd all be 300 pounds and rolling along!

[Kiya]

Horus.....Yep it would be a very long way down & am afraid cake would all be eating before I reached you

Grandad ...You would have enjoyed these cross buns, while baking the the aroma of the spices around my house was divine

LLL I've no worries of piling on the pounds whatever I bake I always have a little bit just to make sure its ok then the rest is gobbled up by family & friends.

My enjoyment is in the making

[LovelyLadyLux]

I admire women who enjoy baking.

My early days of canning was preparing, cooking, pickling, canning enough for days on end to let us live through the winter.

Now I'm happy to walk out to a store that carries seasonal fruit and buy what I need! BUT I really do love home baking