As the pandemic continues to quarantine us at home, our usual adventure out to buy some sweet bakery made Hot Cross Buns for Easter was paused this year. Quite honestly, I had tried for years to buy them without the raisins (I do NOT like raisins) and they said they couldn't meet my request. This seemed like a perfect year to seek out a simple homemade option using ingredients I happened to have on hand. Ingredients are very scarce, and I'm carefully rationing.
Hot Cross Biscuits
Ingredients:
Biscuit base mix -
(using pulse mode of food processor, mix ingredients until finely blended.)
3 cups flour
1 ½ T baking powder
½ T salt
½ cup shortening (I used butter flavor)
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1/4 cup sugar
1½ tsp. cinnamon
1 1/3 cup milk
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450ºF- Mix biscuit base mix in food processor. In medium size mixing bowl, place biscuit base mixture and add additional ingredients and mix until dough forms.
- Press and roll flat and cut with biscuit cutter.
- Brush with melted butter and sprinkle a bit more sugar on top to your liking.
- Bake for approximately 9 minutes in preheated oven.
¾ cup powdered sugar
1 T milk
Add icing into bag of your choice, and pipe onto cooled biscuits.
Need a piping bag? Use a ziplock sandwich size bag and snip the corner.
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