#hot cross buns

[irishthings]

Babe what's wrong you've hardly touched your Hot Loss Buns

[crownedcrowws]

SNAPBACK (official piece) art by me !!!

[fullcravings]

Apple Pie Hot Cross Buns

[fatty-food]

(via Instagram)

[jacky93sims]

Hot Cross Buns and Winterfest Pudding Food for The Sims 2

These are 4to2 conversions from TianaSims, low poly. Available anytime from the fridge (4 cooking skills required). The Hot Cross Buns need the invisible plate (included).

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[andallshallbewell]

[monotart]

Upon popular request, I am posting all my recent Joke-Explainer™ 7000 artwork here! If you like what you see remember to like, comment, & subscribe!

[fattributes]

Hot Cross Buns with Apple and Pear Glaze

[lustingfood]

Hot Cross Buns (x)

[thelordismylightandmysalvation]

A Traditional Easter Treat ~ Hot Cross Buns - Dinner With Julie

[morozyart]

“Yeah yeah Beethoven this and that. But can you even play Hot Cross Buns?”

[everybody-loves-to-eat]

Homemade hot cross buns that are so soft, fluffy + slightly sweet. An absolute must for Easter – they’ll disappear so fast!

[crownedcrowws]

::I should’ve loved you better:: (art by me)

[fullcravings]

Lotus Biscoff Hot Cross Buns

[daphyswitchylibrary]

Ostara

Ostara, or the spring equinox, happens between the 20th and the 24th of March every year. It officially marks the beginning of spring, and so the warm weather coming! It represents rebirth and growth, but also balance.

Ostara is a good time to plan things for spring (like things you want to do this summer, or your garden. Some of us might even be able to start their garden at this time! It's still too cold here for me to do it), spring cleaning and, if possible, open windows for (probably) the first time this year! Also think of repotting your indoor plants so they can also start anew for this year!

Without really planning, you can also just write down your goals for this spring

Colors to wear, be it with makeup, clothes, or other accessories are pink, green, purple, yellow, white… mostly pastel colors!

Crystals to wear or to make spells with for Ostara are rose quartz, clear quartz, amethyst, bloodstone, carnelian, sunstone, agate and lapis lazuli Now for foods! Eat things with cheese, eggs, seeds, nuts, in-season vegetables and fruits, but most importantly: honey! I already shared it last year on my blog, but you definitely should try this easy honey cake recipe for Ostara!

And since I like Ostara a lot, I found this recipe for hot cross buns: turns out they taste amazing for breakfast or just a lil snack!

For activities, you can also light black and white candles for balance

You can dye or paint eggs in pastel colors!

You can eat chocolate rabbits and go take walks outside to see the change of seasons and how nature is coming back to life! You could also take a bath or keep yourself grounded by meditating outside (if it's not too cold!)

Of course, there's the usual divination you can do!

Blessed Ostara!

Sources: prickingofthumbs on Tumblr, witchoftheforest, wiccantips and witchytips on Instagram

[martha-anne]

In 2024 I made a lot of sourdough: mainly loaves, focaccias, flatbreads and pizzas.

2025 is going to be the year of enriched doughs.

To that end I decided to try making sourdough hot cross buns (following this recipe).

After 5hrs proving at room temp and 12hrs in the fridge overnight, I didn't see much rise. Not knowing enough about enriched doughs to know what to expect, I decided to split the batch of 12 in half - baking 6 in the morning and 6 later in the day after more proving at room temp.

A friend, who was visiting at the time of the Batch 1 Bake, took charge of making a piping bag out of some baking paper (impressive initiative) and piping the crosses.... Though we realised after piping that we should have glazed the buns first. It took our steadiest hands to glaze around the piping.

Batch 1 rose a passable amount in the oven and turned out pretty well! Flavourwise they could have used a touch more sugar and salt than the recipe specified, but that's my only complaint.

Batch 2 were glazed before piping and went in 7 hours later, in which time they had risen noticeably. I burnt them slightly but in terms of interior texture they were a big improvement on batch 1.

My instinct tells me I could have proved them even longer. Next time, I'll try an overnight room-temp prove.

All in all a successful experiment. I learned a lot and made some yummy snacks!