Help! My hot cross buns haven't risen...

[BettyButterknife]

The dough has been sitting in a metal bowl on a radiator for 45 minutes now. The recipe says to let it rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour. I don't think it's risen at all.

What do I do? Leave it? Assume it isn't going to rise if it hasn't by now?

leave it - it'll have risen again by easter

hahahaha

I would give it longer before you give up, in case your yeast is just taking a long time to get going for some reason. Might your ingredients be colder than usual?

Hooray, I was patient and they rose!

Delicious

oh bravo they look lovely

They look brilliant - I think we should have a new MN rule that whenever someone gets advice on a cooking thread they should post a photo
Shutupanddrinkyourgin I do like your name.