I made hot cross buns tonight.

They have cinnamon and sultanas, nothing fancy. Messed up the lines a bit, but it's just flour and water so they don't add to the taste whatsoever.

As dough balls do, they sometimes proof in to weird shapes you don't expect. 🤷🏻‍♀️ An unevenly heating oven also does not help.

Happy Easter!

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[–] 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

What do you get, when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?

...hot, cross, bunnies!

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    One a penny, two a penny..

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I heard a song about these once...

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    In what region are those things made?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago

    I think it's an Easter religious thing for Christianity, since I see them advertised since December/January if Aldi/Coles/Woolworths.

    Without the crosses, they'd just be hot buns, and I'd be okay with that. Or hearts, or checkers, or dicks, all is okay. 😂

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (9 children)

    What are sultanas? They look delicious

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    Sultanas are dried green grapes, so they're lighter in colour, whereas raisins are purple (or any dark) grapes. Sultanas are nicer to eat because they're not as hard, raisins just get stuck in my teeth.

    Sultanas seem to be more common down under.

    Edit: Forgot to say thank you!

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    There are also currants, just to complicate matters further!

    Per Wikipedia:

    The word raisin is commonly used for the dried dark-colored seedless grape, while sultana is a golden-colored dried grape, and currant is a dried small Black Corinth seedless grape.

    I think there might be some small differences in how they’re produced? But they’re all dried grapes.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I've seen currant lambic beers (maybe I tried one once), sure didn't know it was another raisin. Didn't know that the different grapes all got different names once dried. I guess I learned something today. That's always nice. Thanks.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    pretty sure it's a type of raisin. Basically all raisins are dried up grapes, Sultanas are raisin made from Sultana grapes which are light in colour and therefore produce a gold colour raisin

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