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Hot Cross Buns are a popular and tasty yeasted pastry traditionally served before Easter.
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The Greeks in 6th century AD may have marked cake…
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The
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One theory is that the contemporary hot cross bun originates from
St Albans
, in
England
, where, in 1361, Brother Thomas Rodcliffe, a 14th-century
monk
at
St Albans Abbey
, developed a similar recipe called an 'Alban Bun' and distributed the bun to the local poor on Good Friday.
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In 1592, during the reign of
Elizabeth I of England
, the London Clerk of Markets issued a decree forbidding the sale of hot cross buns and other spiced breads, except at burials, on Good Friday, or at Christmas. The punishment for transgressing the decree was forfeiture of all the forbidden product to the poor. As a result of this decree, hot cross buns at the time were primarily made in domestic kitchens. Further attempts to suppress the sale of these items took place during the reign of
James I of England
(1603–1625).
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The first definite record of hot cross buns comes from a London street cry: "Good Friday comes this month, the old woman runs. With one or two a penny hot cross buns", which appeared in
Poor Robin's Almanac
for 1733.
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The line "One a penny, two a penny, hot cross-buns" appears in the English nursery rhyme "
Hot Cross Buns
" published in the
London Chronicle
for 2–4 June 1767.
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Food historian Ivan Day states, "The buns were made in London during the 18th century. But when you start looking for records or recipes earlier than that, you hit nothing."
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1 cup (240 mL) milk, 4 teaspoons (20 mL) water…
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3 cups (720 mL) all-purpose flour
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⅓ cup (80 mL) sugar
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⅓ cup (80 mL)
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¼ teaspoon (1.25 mL) cinnamon
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