{"id":1003,"date":"2010-07-17T20:05:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T01:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruralroute2.com"},"modified":"2020-12-22T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T19:32:58","slug":"hot-cross-buns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/recipes\/hot-cross-buns\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Cross Buns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a kid, my mother would talk about eating hot cross buns at Easter when she was a child. The buns were something that her mother made every year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 packages dry yeast (or 4 teaspoons bulk yeast)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups warm water<\/li>\n<li>2 cups mashed potatoes<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup shortening<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 cup raisins<\/li>\n<li>5 to 6 cups flour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dissolve the yeast in warm water. Add the potatoes, sugar, shortening, salt, eggs, cinnamon, raisins and 2 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining flour. Knead for about 5 minutes. (The dough will be sticky and soft.) Place in a warm place to rise for 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>Punch down dough. Shape the dough into 24 equal pieces. Place on a greased baking sheet. Let rise for 45 minutes. (My mother said that after the buns are shaped you should cut a cross in the top with a scissors; I&#8217;ve always found that when the buns are finished raising, you can&#8217;t really see the cross. The buns just end up with four &#8220;points&#8221; on the top. But you can try it if you want.)<\/p>\n<p>Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.<\/p>\n<p>When the buns are cool, if desired, make frosting crosses on the top with icing.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Icing<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p>1 cup powdered sugar  1 tablespoon water  1\/2 teaspoon vanilla  dash of salt<\/p>\n<p>Use a spoon to drizzle crosses on the top of the buns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a kid, my mother would talk about eating hot cross buns at Easter when she was a child. The buns were something that her mother made every year. 2 packages dry yeast (or 4 teaspoons bulk yeast) 2 cups warm water 2 cups mashed potatoes 1\/2 cup sugar 1\/2 cup shortening 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":806,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1003","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1395,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003\/revisions\/1395"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralroute2.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}