You know the nursery rhyme, "Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns!", but do you know why we eat these golden brown buns specifically on Good Friday? It all has to do with the end of Lent and the symbols represented in the bun itself. But before we look into that, we need to figure out where Hot Cross Buns originally came from The Origin of Hot Cross Buns View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Perfect Loaf (@maurizio) According to Smithsonian Magazine, the origins of the hot cross bun begin with a 12th-century monk who added a cross to baked buns in honor of the upcoming Easter holiday....
Vegan, paleo, naturally sweetened, just 6 ingredients! SPONSORED BY HU The chocolate-covered easter classic. The only candy I still care about this time of year even as an adult. The plain-on-the-outside-perfect-on-the-inside oblong oval of nutty meets chocolate. The peanut butter egg. It’s been remade about 1000 different ways – dark chocolate, white chocolate, crunchy, creamy, inside out, nut-free, etc. But I couldn’t go a springtime without trying some new variation of my own. I knew I wanted it to be vegan and paleo. I knew I wanted it to be simple. I knew I wanted to use my favorite chocolate from Hu for the coating because it melts fantastically. And after a bunch of brainstorming, what I finally landed on...
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Hi there! Seeing this post after Easter? No problem! These cookies are super fun and easy to bake up ANY time of year. Simply leave off the Easter decor on top...and switch out sprinkles to seasonal colors like red, white, and blue for July 4th...or red and green for Christmas. Once you make these colorful cookies once, you're going to want to make them again and again! Easter is tomorrow, and our celebration this year is going to be a bit different -- and much smaller -- than we're accustomed to. That calls for something cheery to eat! My Confetti Easter Sandwich Cookies are brightly colored,fun to eat, and super simple to make! They're made with convenient boxed sugar cookie mix...but you can...
I woke up yesterday with a little more lightness in my heart than had been there earlier this week. And when I’m feeling lighthearted, my first instinct is to bake. There are so many things I might have posted on this Easter Sunday. Hot cross buns, which I’ve been wanting to make (and make well—my last batch was a total fail) for a while. Pie. A brunch dish, like French toast. Chocolate eggs. Any number of different cakes. But all I’ve been able to think about is carrot cake. Maybe not surprising, since carrot cake is my favorite cake. And since cake is my favorite dessert, that puts carrot cake at the top of my treats hierarchy. This isn’t my...
