Defrost buns slowly in the fridge to prevent condensation from forming on their surface. To make a currant bun, it is common to allow the dough to rise once before rolling it out and spreading ...

The standard hot cross bun is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a type of sweet spiced currant bun marked with a cross and traditionally eaten hot or toasted on Good Friday".

When the rhyme is familiar, substitute different children’s initials for the B, eg - Pat it and prick it and mark it with P And put it in the oven for Peter and me Five currant buns in a Baker's ...

Some 4,500 currant buns were thrown from the roof of the county hall in June 2016 to mark the Queen's 90th birthday. The last one took place in 2018, as a commemoration of the end of the First ...