As I prepped the dough and chucked in the 1/2 cup of sultana's, a protest began... The kids were flabbergasted at the thought of fruit hot cross buns instead of choc chip ones. So I removed the sultana's, picked them out is what I should say whilst thinking to myself how glad I was the recipe had only called for a 1/2 cup. (although it needed more). I divided the dough in half. One half choc chip and the other traditional.
Firstly it took a lot longer to bake in the oven than the suggested time... More like 25 mins (could just be my oven) and it wasn't spicy enough. In fact it wasn't spicy at all which was fine for the choc chip ones but the traditional ones deserved a little more cinnamon. At least another teaspoon. They also needed a 1/4 cup more of sultanas (as I stated above) and I'm not normally a sultana fan but they needed the sweetness.
Overall with its chewy crust and light an fluffy inside it was a definite keeper! Bill said it was one of the best he's had and with a few tweaks of my own I plan on making it THE best!
Happy Easter!
Congrats on setting up your foodblog. Sure looking forward to reading your entries. Been up to B.. St Bakery lately? I made their Pork and Fennel Sausage rolls at a few days after Christmas and everyone loved them. That's a clever idea with the coloured crosses - I guess they show which ones are the choc chip buns.
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