HOT CROSS BUNS
1 cup scalded milk
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 yeast cake softened in 1/4 cup warm water
4 1/2 cups flour (about)
3 egg-yolks
1 cup raisins (opt)
Add scalded milk to salt, sugar and shortening. When lukewarm, add yeast and one and one-half cups flour. Beat well and let rise until very light. Add the egg-yolks, raisins and the reamining flour. Knead lightly and let rise until double in bulk. Roll out dough to one inch thickness and cut into rounds. Set those close together on a greased pan and let rise. Glaze the surface of each bun with a little egg-white diluted with water. With a sharp knife cut a cross on top of each bun. Bake about twenty minutes in a hot oven (400 F). Just before removing from the oven, brush with sugar and water. Fill the cross with a plain frosting.
This recipe is one I bake several times during lent - even other times of the year. As soon as I bake them, the are gone.
JEAN AND I HAD A DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT AND ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TO YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE A RECIPE A DAY FOR HOLY WEEK OR FOR US TO TAKE THE WEEK AS A VACATION. WE CAN GET THE RECIPES UP THIS WEEK FOR HOLY WEEK. SO WHAT YOU WANT IS WHAT WE WILL DO.
DON'T FORGET TO COME ON FRIDAY AS DOREEN HAS SENT US A POST ON SPINNING ON HER SPINNING WHEEL.
Good Morning Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI just woke up. Did you ever have one of those you can't sleep? I didn't get to sleep until 6:30 this morning and I woke up at 10:30 AM.. I don't think I'm getting much done today-it's half over already. Sure hope I sleep better tonight.
Marilyn
Hi:
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your blog and would love to see a recipe per day.....Thank you and have a Blessed Easter!
Chris
Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteThank you for telling us. I think we will do it. It will start on Palm Sunday and the last recipe will be on Saturday before Easter.
Marilyn
Hope you have a Blessed Easter, too, Chris.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
Well there are a few things that I'm not sure about in this recipe. I don'l know what scalded milk is, and the only yeast that I've used is the kind that comes in a small packet and is a powder. Maybe there is yeast that comes in a cake, in the same area of the grocery store. I never noticed. This recipe certainly sounds good though.
ReplyDeleteI would love a recipe a day for Holy Week.
~Doreen
Hi Doreen,
ReplyDeleteI knw scalded milk is like just burning it a little. I think you can use any yeast, but I can't Jean on the phone right now, so I will try her again.
Also, thank you for your vote. I think that's the way we'll go, but I have to get Jean on the phone.
Marilyn
Doreen, scalded milk is milk that is heated until bubbles form around the edge of the milk, but not boiling. A packet of yeast is the same as a cake of yeast. You can put it in the 1/4 cups of water to dissolve and become frothy. Hope this answers your questions.
ReplyDeleteWilma in West Virginia
Thank you Wilma,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your help. It shows you how much I bake anymore. I thank you for answering our questions and helping me out.
Marilyn
Marilyn - i am sorry that you did not get enough sleep and i will pray that you have a very restful sleep tonight. i would love a recipe a day for Holy Week...but only if you and Jean are up for it! and i look very much forward to Doreen's post - i am sure that it will be very interesting!
ReplyDeleteyour friend,
kymber
I also would like a recipe a day.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy Jean's recipe's and stories.
Marilyn, I don't sleep much at night. I sure would like a good nights sleep.
jodie
Thank you kymber,
ReplyDeleteI am going to take something I rarely take-a sleeping pill. I don't like to use them. Thank you for your prayers and vote. I Think people will find Doreen's Friday very interesting-I did when she first told me what she does. I appreciate her giving us a post.
Marilyn
Hello Jodie,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your vote. I think that's the way we are going.
I am not the only one that doesn't sleep well. I feel sorry for you, too. It's terrible.
Marilyn
Thank you Wilma, yes that is helpful. Now I can put this on my "to make" list. ~Doreen
ReplyDeleteAgain, thank you Wilma. Thank you Doreen for asking. I learned something I didn't know. Jean and I just got off the phone and we will have a recipe a day from Palm Sunday until the Saturday before Easter (Holy Saturday). I will have a post on before it starts. So the recipe voters, won. Jean and I will get together. She didn't think tonight would be the best. She wants me awake.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
It is snowing here this morning. Not much, but a little. I slept well last night. I rarely take a sleeping pill, but I did last night. I still feel the effects of it, but I had a good night's sleep. I notice that Pope Francis I is the new Catholic Pope. Hope he does well in these hard times.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
Any suggestions of what recipes you would like on the Holy Week recipes?
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
Hello again.....
ReplyDeleteAs far as suggestions for recipes - How about recipes that can be associated with Easter Supper or a springtime special meal? I am always in search of new recipes that fit the bill.....I am not good with cooking things with ham so any recipes that include ham (or leftover ham) would be useful....Thank you Ma'am!
Chris
Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteThank you for telling us. Jean was planning on Easter and spring menus. I will put your request on the list. She is looking them up now.
Marilyn