In my youth I was never interested in any Shakespeare, but now that I'm older it fascinates me, this is the first time I've watched Romeo and Juliet, I knew of the lines "Romeo, Romeo where for art thou Romeo' and 'What light through yonder window breaks.............". The play was at the Globe Theatre - the only other thing I've seen shot there was an episode of Dr Who . I was fascinated and went to bed with the play running through my head, I am fascinated with not only the romance of it but the costuming as well.
When I did get up, only my son was up, the others are sleeping still so I started on the buns and made a couple of boiled eggs. The colouring didn't work so well, my eggs were too brown to take on a nice colour, even poured straight blue onto one - didn't look great at all, son refused to eat that one.
I have the bun dough in the machine rising nicely - I like that, rising nicely. The house will be filled with the aroma of fresh baked hot cross buns by the time anyone else makes an effort to get up.
Hope everyone else's Easter is as relaxing and laid back as ours.
Edit: the buns are out of the oven, the aroma must have woken everyone else up, my daughter came out and I heard hubby in the shower - they can have their breakfast Hot Cross Buns - even though it's now lunchtime.
Delicious with a cup of tea in the Singer mug I got at a training session a couple of weeks ago.
Again I feel I must emphasise that using the right ingredients makes all the difference, last time I made these they barely rose, but these are high, fluffy and light. Baker's Flour and new yeast makes all the difference. I've also learnt that yeast is best stored in the fridge or freezer and not in the pantry where I was storing it.
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