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Whether you're after a traditional hot cross bun this Easter or you're after a clever twist on the original recipe, you're in the right place to learn how to make mouth-watering hot cross buns for friends and family.
Our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/chocolate-hot-cross-buns">Chocolate Hot Cross Buns</a> are a firm favourite with bakers - serve them with lashings of butter and Nutella to complete your chocolatey Easter feast. Try our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/hot-cross-bun-bread-and-butter-pudding">Hot Cross Bun Bread and Butter Pudding</a> for a post-lunch crowd pleaser, or stick to our <a href="https://www.bakingmad.com/recipes/hot-cross-buns">Traditional Hot Cross Bun Recipe</a> for sweet, sticky buns packed with spicy flavour.&nbsp;

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Learn how to make hot cross buns and make sure your Easter feast is complete. We've got a hot cross bun recipe for everyone - and they're fun to make, too!

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Who says Hot Cross Buns are just for Easter? Fresh out the oven, sliced and spread with butter, they're a true classic and great to enjoy any time of the day. Toast and spread with butter in the morning with a cup of tea, or cosy up on the sofa with a warm Hot Cross Bun on a wintery evening - sounds yummy, right?
Filled with fruit and piped with a white cross, replace your shop-bought buns with these delicious homemade buns - you won't regret it, promise.
<h3>What are hot cross buns filled with?</h3>
Hot cross buns are filled with lots of fruits and spices to give a warming, rich flavour to a basic dough base. Made with mixed spice, sultanas and fresh mixed peel, each zesty bite is full of flavour and a firm favourite sweet dough in our recipe book.
<h3>Can I eat hot cross buns hot or cold?</h3>
It doesn't matter - eat them however you feel comfortable! We prefer ours sliced in half then toasted with a slather of butter melting on each slice.
<h3>What is the white cross on hot cross buns made from?</h3>
The white cross is made from a thick flour paste made from plain flour, and it represents the cross which Jesus was crucified on.&nbsp;
<h3>What are hot cross buns called in the US?</h3>
In America, hot cross buns are called Easter buns or hot fruit buns.&nbsp;

Hot Cross Buns

Is there a more trendy bread to eat right now than sourdough? Well, these sourdough hot cross buns are one to watch - deliciously glossy, and the perfect sourdough chewiness.

Sourdough Hot Cross Buns

We say have your bread, and eat it - our vegan hot cross buns have all the flavour of traditional hot cross buns and they're and completely vegan. Whilst hot cross buns are traditionally made around Easter time, these delicious vegan hot cross buns are so simple to make, they'll soon be a staple in your recipe book.
Fluffy in texture and gloriously glossy thanks to their sticky orange juice sugar glaze, these hot cross buns are perfectly balanced with flavour and pack a punch of zesty mixed peel - the ultimate cosy evening supper, or a cuppa companion.
We've added a handful of Vegan Dark Chocolate to this recipe, so simply swap out the sultanas for your left over Easter eggs, or some juicy raisins.
<h3>Why aren't traditional hot cross buns vegan?</h3>
Traditional hot cross bun recipes often contain milk, butter and egg, so they're not suitable for vegans or people who have a dairy intolerance.

Vegan Hot Cross Buns

Why say goodbye to the little treats in life that you enjoy? Have delicious hot cross buns in 12 simple steps, with lighter ingredients meaning you can have the best of both worlds. 
 
Using a mixture of spelt, oats and Allinson's strong white bread flour you can fuel yourself with a more nutritious bake, with no compromise on flavour. Packed with citrus zest, grated apple and a range of currants these lighter hot cross buns are then glazed with apricot jam before popping in the oven to bake.

Lighter Hot Cross Buns

This recipe requires a bread maker. Packed with delicious flavours and spices, this loaf is like a giant hot cross bun waiting to be sliced and enjoyed with a hot cup of tea. Whether it's at breakfast with helping of butter, or enjoyed as a sweet dough snack midday - this hot cross bun loaf is a simple, 10 step recipe using your bread maker.

Hot Cross Bun Loaf

Hot cross buns are so versitile to twist up the flavours, as well as enjoy sweet or savoury. Filled with dried cranberries and handfuls of dark chocolate chips - these hot cross buns are a real Easter Sunday treat, even better that they're homemade.
Simple to make, they are a fun way to get the kids involved in kneading the dough, 'painting' on the glaze and piping on the famous cross detail.

Cranberry & Chocolate Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns are undeniably a classic Easter bake - but chocolate's also a firm fixture at Easter, so why not combine these two classics to make the ultimate Chocolate Hot Cross Bun?
We've used chopped milk chocolate in this recipe to create a delicious, oozing chocolate centre in each bun - but you could substitute chocolate for any other chopped chocolate you like. Why not try chunks of Terry's Chocolate Orange or even white chocolate?

Chocolate Hot Cross Buns 

A yummy twist on a traditional classic, this is a lovely dish to serve on Easter Sunday after a roast dinner, or perhaps after Easter to use up leftover Hot Cross Buns that you have in abundance. Simple to make and delicious to eat - what are you waiting for?&nbsp; Why not going the whole hog and bake your own <a data-item-id="e3cdc3af-e45f-560e-893f-bd08d8ca7a9f" href="">Hot Cross Buns</a> too with this great Allinson recipe.

Hot Cross Bun Bread & Butter Pudding

A classic Easter bake, with a twist. Our Orange &amp; Cranberry Hot Cross Buns are deliciously fruity, flavoured with dried cranberries, fresh orange zest and a sprinkling of mixed spiced for good measure. Enjoy these at Easter or simply cosying up with a cup of tea and a generous spread of butter - better go preheat your oven.

Orange & Cranberry Hot Cross Buns

Make your hot cross buns stand out this Easter with the addition of chocolate and vanilla. These can be made in advance and frozen until you need to use them. &nbsp;

Vanilla & Chocolate Hot Cross Buns

These wonderful apple, cinnamon and raisin hot cross buns will make a lovely change from the regular hot cross buns. What a treat for Easter Sunday or a delightful snack with a hot cup of tea.

Apple, Cinnamon & Raisin Hot Cross Buns

Think you know about bacon buttys? Think again as this recipe will turn everything you thought you knew on its head. The bonkers combination of bacon, cheese, and a hot cross buns recipe is so bizarre it's brilliant.

Hot Cross Bun Bacon Butties

Put a twist on a traditional Easter bake with these Prune and Orange Hot Cross Buns from Peter Sidwell.&nbsp;

Hot Cross Bun Recipes