Hot cross buns will last for up to 3 days in an airtight container and up to 2 months in the freezer.
When freezing the hot cross buns you should wrap them in baking paper individually so that you can remove and thaw the portions of hot cross buns that you want.
Hot cross buns are not vegan as they contain eggs and or dairy and even homemade recipes for hot cross buns contain eggs, milk and butter which is derived from animals which makes the hot cross buns not vegan.
Hot cross buns contain a little fat from the butter and shortening which is around 5 percent and are also high in carbohydrates.
Hot cross buns are high in sugar and more calories than a Krispy Kreme Doughnut.
The amount of sugar in a hot cross bun is between 14 to 20 grams of sugar depending on size of the hot cross bun.
The reason there are raisins in hot cross buns is because the raisins represent the body of Christ in the tomb.
The cinnamon in the hot cross buns represents the spices that anointed Jesus entombed body.
And the sweet bread and the sugar in the cross as well as the risen yeast dough represent the resurrection and the hot cross bun is ideal Christian form of evangelism.
People make hot cross buns on Good Friday as they are symbolic of the significant day in the Christian faith when Jesus was crucified.
Each Hot cross bun is decorated with a cross that is made from flour paste that represents the cross on which Christ died.
You can buy hot cross buns all year round although in some countries that was not the case years ago.
But now hot cross buns are available for purchase year round and you can eat them at any time or day you want too.
Hot cross buns were considered only for Easter although now you can buy and eat Hot cross buns year round and eat the hot cross buns at any time.
The reason hot cross buns are only eat at Easter is the English were deeply superstitious and believed the hot cross buns carried medicinal or magical properties and were fearful of those powers being abused and towards the end of the 16th century Queen Elizabeth I passed a law that limited the sale of sweet buns to funerals.
You can buy the Hot Cross buns all-year round these days (and a good thing too) yet this is still the time of year to celebrate and enjoy hot cross buns.
Hot cross buns are eaten warm by most people when they are fresh and hot from the oven.
You can also eat the hot cross buns cold if you want too.
But if you're baking hot cross buns then they are best enjoyed warm from the oven.
To enjoy hot cross buns at their best, they should be eaten warm from the oven, with a generous slather of butter on top.
A hot cross bun is a spiced bun usually made with fruit, marked with a cross on the top, which has been traditionally eaten on Good Friday in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, India, Pakistan, Malta, United States and the Commonwealth Caribbean.
Hot cross buns are symbolic of this significant day in the Christian faith when Jesus was crucified.
Each bun is decorated with a cross made from flour paste, which represents the cross on which Christ died.
The spices in hot cross buns are said to represent the spices that were used to embalm Christ after his death.
Hot cross buns are lightly sweet, and include ground spices, grated orange zest, and currants.
Hot cross buns taste warm and spicy with a touch of citrus.
The sugar crosses piped on top add another sweet note.
Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten over the Easter religious Christian holiday to symbolize the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday on the cross.
Pagans worshipped Eostre, the goddess of dawn and spring.
As spring arrived, the pagans would celebrate a month long festival of the transitioning time from winter entering into spring.
This festival saw the Saxons making buns marked with a cross, which represented the four phases of the moon, to offer to the goddess.