Ah!  Fluffy chicks, Spring flowers, the first lawnmower, Easter must be near.

Certainly celebrated here with my recently found [3 years] hobby of baking, encouraged by St Mary of the Berry and Fra. Holywood.

So, the Hot Cross buns…to work!

Strong flour, caster sugar, lemon zest, sultanas, milk, all in the Kenwood, speed No. 1 then the yeast, salt and a heaped teaspoon full of……
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…..Garam Masala…..?


AAagh!

It was right next to the Mixed Spice…Honestly…Sob.

What do you do with a bowl full of ingredients like that? Well, bake them. So instead of a fragrant waft of Easter Spices, a smell akin to Gandhi's Starboard flip-flop….

Hope this makes you smile after my miserable posts of late,

Doug


P.S. They are delicious. The management won't even try them. Good, more for me, a smear of Mango chutney, a sliver of Parmesan, yum.

D

Sounds as if you may have made one of those serendipitous discoveries Doug. You never know, if you can get Mary to publish it, you may become famous again! (Better not tell her of the casseroled badger though)

Really glad to see that springtime is working its magic at chez Chubber.

Very best wishes,

Bill :)

P.S. Thanks for the recipe

  Hilarious Doug…….certainly brightened my day

I have been guilty of the same error but I suspect your spicy buns were much more palatable than Rogan Josh made with Vanilla Yoghurt :oops:

My accidental baking which is now one of my favourites is a white bapp recipe with a teaspoon of chopped chillies.

Luvely with a some nice ham, mature cheddar and chutney.

The chillies were bound for the wok the other side of the mixing bowl with the bread dough in it, but tripped over the Kitchen hoovers (dogs) round my feet that were ready incase I dropped anything.

My wife made hot cross buns on Tuesday, for me to take to my Conversational English Class, which i run weekly, all Free of charge. Over last 5 years, have had 85 students. john

Cold placid buns have been purchased from the bakery in town.  This morning they were sliced and toasted which made them very hot and cross.  ;-)

I definitely detect a goodly amount of spicing in there.  Garam Masala is a mixture and can vary so according to what you have in your blend the buns might be good or not.

As it's Goat Friday here tonight may include the ordering of a delivered-to-the-door goat vindaloo.  I know it's also supposed to be fish and chips night by local tradition but the Leader of the Opposition is very firmly opposed to fried takeaway food on medical grounds.  Hers, rather than mine or the World's in general.