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No-Rise Hot Cross Buns

Apr 20, 2014 · 32 Comments

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I hope you all have your Easter baskets filled, eggs brightly colored and best clothes ready. May your day be bountiful and beautiful and the sun shine brightly for your Easter parade. May you have many happy memories for all your loved ones to take home.

While we may get caught up in the all excitement of decorating and preparing our Easter table, let us not forget what Easter is really about. As we celebrate our time with family and close friends, let us also celebrate that this is Resurrection Sunday.


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No-Rise Hot Cross Buns

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  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 1 dozen 1x

Ingredients

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Rum Raisins:

  • 1/3 cup raisins, chopped
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • 1 tsp. mixed berry marmalade
  • 1 tblsp. culinary rum
  • 1/2 tsp. maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup fruit juice

Dough:

  • 3 cups self-rising flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup milk

Glaze:

  • 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon Nielsen Massey Vanilla
  • 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon of milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Grease a 3 qt. baking dish and set aside.
  3. Simmer, in a small sauce pan, over a medium heat all of the ingredients for the rum raisins. Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl and allow to cool.
  4. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, salt and cinnamon. Add oil, brown sugar, and egg. Mix well until well incorporated. Add the milk, half cup, at a time until a fine dough comes together. Add rum raisins and mix with your hands.
  5. Turn the dough onto a well-floured surface and knead until it all comes together and is smooth.
  6. Pull the dough apart making pool ball sized buns; the dough should make about 1 dozen hot cross buns.
  7. Brush each bun with an egg wash (1 egg white + 1 teaspoon milk or water).
  8. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden.
  9. Remove from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack.

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Comments

  1. Dottie says

    20/04/2014 at 4:26 am

    Happy Easter, Catherine, Tammy, and family..Your poem and words are just so lovely…These look amazing! Love Hot Cross Buns..Plus my favorite raisins, with rum no less. Lucious!!! A great way to start an Easter morning. You are correct, I agree totally, with all the preparations, bunnies, candy, etc we have to remember and not forget what Easter is all about. I watched the Easter Vigil from Rome this evening and it is so impressive. God Bless you, your family, and enjoy your day with blessing, love, and light! Dottie 🙂

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  2. mia xara says

    20/04/2014 at 5:20 am

    I love your hot cross buns! Have a Blessed Easter,XO

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  3. What's Baking?? says

    20/04/2014 at 7:34 am

    Delightful buns.. Happy Easter!

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  4. petronela says

    20/04/2014 at 9:55 am

    Happy Easter!!!!!Loveeee

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  5. Sam Hoffer @ My Carolina Kitchen says

    20/04/2014 at 10:50 am

    Lovely poem and I hope you and your family have a blessed Easter.
    Sam

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  6. Miss Messy says

    20/04/2014 at 11:08 am

    How lovely these look delicious! 🙂 Happy easter! Lovely poem!

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  7. Mary Callan says

    20/04/2014 at 12:02 pm

    Homemade Hot Cross Buns! How perfect – they look absolutely wonderful. Happy Easter to you!
    Mary

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  8. Rajiv Sankarapillai says

    20/04/2014 at 12:51 pm

    Happy Easter !

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  9. Pam says

    20/04/2014 at 1:03 pm

    Those hot cross buns look very inviting! And the poem is perfect for the day. Have a Blessed Happy Easter, Catherine & Tammy!

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  10. Sandee says

    20/04/2014 at 2:44 pm

    I love your poems Catherine. They always make me smile.

    I’m coming over for all the hot cross buns. Wow, they look ever so inviting.

    Have a blessed Easter my friend. Big hugs. ♥♥♥

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  11. Angie Schneider says

    20/04/2014 at 3:24 pm

    Happy Easter, Catherine & Tammy!
    These hot cross buns look wonderful!

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  12. T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types says

    20/04/2014 at 3:59 pm

    Happy Easter, Catherine and Tammy! Love the Hot Cross Buns with rum raisin – they remind me of scones fresh out of the oven! Have a lovely day!

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  13. Lea Ann (Cooking On The Ranch) says

    20/04/2014 at 4:19 pm

    Happy Easter to you! We spent last evening watching most of “The Ten Commandments” and will watch the rest of it today. Even though it’s not about Easter, it’s been a great way to spend a religious weekend. And every Easter I always wish I would have planned ahead to make Hot Cross Buns.

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  14. Laurence G. says

    20/04/2014 at 7:57 pm

    I LOVE the idea of those rum raisins! It is funny how, as an atheist, I am crazy about hot cross buns (in french we call them Lent buns). This morning, me and my boyfriend leaved on a quest to find a bakery that sells those lovely buns. After 3 tries, we found one. They were delicious, but I feel like your version takes them to the next level. 😉 Happy Easter Catherine!

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  15. Chatty Crone says

    20/04/2014 at 9:01 pm

    Okay you picture is gorgeous and so is your food.- the hot cross buns. The Easter story has a great ending! Have a blessed Easter. Sandie

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  16. Annalisa B says

    21/04/2014 at 12:24 am

    Buona Pasqua e buon lunedì dell’Angelo!!!
    Ti abbraccio forte e ti faccio i complimenti per la tua golosa ricetta!!
    Annalisa

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  17. David says

    21/04/2014 at 12:36 am

    Catherine, Your hot cross buns look great…but we cheated and picked up some breakfast pastries at a bakery on Saturday. Easter Sunday also happened to be our anniversary…so we chilled out together for most of the day. I hope that your Easter was full of love… Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

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  18. Gloria Baker says

    21/04/2014 at 1:18 am

    Hope you had a wonderful Easter Catherine, lovely buns!

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  19. Elzbieta Hester says

    21/04/2014 at 5:17 am

    How pretty! I hope you had a good Easter! 🙂 [email protected]

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  20. Medeja says

    21/04/2014 at 6:52 am

    I have lived in Australia for a while and still.. have never tried making hot cross buns.. 🙂

    Happy Easter, dear Catherine!

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  21. Chelsea says

    21/04/2014 at 10:12 am

    I love hot cross buns! I’ve never thought of eating them with cream cheese- great suggestion! Yours look beautiful. Happy belated Easter!

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  22. MonuTeena RecipesPassion says

    21/04/2014 at 12:12 pm

    wish you a haooy easter catherine; loving the beautiful buns dear ; adding mix berry marmalade ; seriously just loved your version 🙂 bite 🙂

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  23. lisa is cooking says

    21/04/2014 at 2:41 pm

    Hope you had a lovely Easter! Wish I could grab one of these hot cross buns for breakfast.

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  24. Mary Frances McNellis says

    21/04/2014 at 6:40 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this post! We serve an amazing God. These hot cross buns look like the perfect way to celebrate!

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  25. Amy (Savory Moments) says

    21/04/2014 at 10:54 pm

    Your hot cross buns turned out perfectly!! I hoped you enjoyed your holiday (And your buns!) 🙂

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  26. tigerfish says

    22/04/2014 at 1:04 am

    “Hot cross buns, hot cross buns, one a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns”! I am singing that while reading this post 🙂

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  27. Rosa's Yummy Yums says

    22/04/2014 at 6:42 am

    Lovely hot cross buns! I hope you had a wonderful Easter…

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  28. Anonymous says

    22/04/2014 at 3:04 pm

    I’m always looking for a new recipe and your Hot Cross buns look yummy.
    Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop! I hope you’ll join us again next week!

    Cheers,
    Kathy Shea Mormino
    The Chicken Chick
    http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com

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  29. Mharms says

    23/04/2014 at 4:19 am

    Happy Easter, Catherine. Thank you for stopping by at my blog. 🙂 Appreciate it.
    I love the hot cross buns. My mother-in-law made some for the grandchildren on Sunday.
    Take care!

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  30. Winnie says

    23/04/2014 at 4:05 pm

    Great buns!!
    Although I love working with yeast, sometime I need a quick and good recipe for buns
    I’ve just found it! 🙂
    And I love the filling
    Pinning!!

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  31. Joy says

    26/04/2014 at 9:32 pm

    Tammy, thank you for sharing these with us at Treasure Box Tuesday- Stumbled! 🙂

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  32. Cheryl King says

    27/04/2014 at 8:44 am

    I’ve been checking out new Hot Cross Buns recipes ever since my daughter learned about them in school and told me about how great they look. What a yummy looking one you have here! Thanks so much for sharing on The Yuck Stops Here this week! Hope to see you back next week, we’ll be starting the party on Tuesday evening at 6pm ET instead of Monday from now on! HUGS

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