Mary Berry is wrong about hot cross buns

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Saw in the paper this week that Mary Berry, aka the Queen of Baking, has said in an interview that hot cross buns are very difficult to get right. She goes on to recommend that the best thing to do is buy them at the supermarket!

I'm no expert, but I manage to make them very successfully most years - they are really not much harder than bread! Yes - there are some things which it's definitely NOT worth trying to make yourself, and yes - I've had my fair share of homemade disasters. I just don't think hot cross buns fall into that category.

I'm also slightly disappointed that MB is promoting this view when surely her role is to encourage us all to have a go in he kitchen. Maybe she's sponsored by Waitrose?

Who's with me?

Very easy - I make the dough in my bread machine and make rolls or a loaf from it - I don’t bother with the crosses, too much of a faff when they don’t add flavour. Cinnamon buns though - not that’s definitely a faff - but worth it!

Does anyone have a recipe for cinnamon buns, please?

I made hcbs this year. They were ok - could have done with more spice. The leftovers made a brilliant bread and butter pudding, though.

I have made some fab sourdough ones - you don’t need yeast! Taste rubbish the next day, but fab just out of the oven. Very easy - no knead - takes about 24 hours.

@Pinkarsedfly I made these ones a couple of times...they were lovely.
smittenkitchen.com/2009/04/cinnamon-swirl-buns-so-much-news/