[Food] What is the best half of a hot cross bun?

[Midget]

Nothing beats a doughy bottom with fat juicy sultanas and loads of butter. Fresh or toasted.

Top glaze goes a tiny bit bitter in the toaster. Still yum though.

Fresh, I butter then close it back up again. Toasted, I eat them separate.

 

[clapham_gull]

Maybe i'm a monster, but i NEVER slice a HCB in half, straight out the packet into my gaping cavern. Mmmmmmm

 

[Thunder Bolt]

If you'd dunked in tea I could have embraced the idea but I can't have a hcb going near coffee.
Dunking panettone in coffee is fine though.
No it doesn't make sense.

Yesterday, I had a slice of hot cross bun panettone from Waitrose, courtesy of my daughter. It was very tasty.

 

[Crawley Dingo]

Put butter in it with marmalade, the thick rind type which is usually a bit sour and eat it untoasted like a bun. Recently tried this and wont go back to toasting them.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

Went top but amazing how close it is between 3 answers

 

[HyperTony]

Lidl do a HCB loaf, i've not tried it but i'm intrigued.

 

[Bozza]

Lidl do a HCB loaf, i've not tried it but i'm intrigued.

Sounds like the kind of abomination that would give @Giraffe sleepless nights.

 

[MaunsC]

The doughy bottom or the glazed/crossed top?

(It's an international break so expect more of this crap)

M&S and Tesco sell cheese hot cross buns. These are a step above regular fruit variety

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

M&S and Tesco sell cheese hot cross buns. These are a step above regular fruit variety

Isn't that just effectively a cheese scone?

 

[Is it PotG?]

I have it on good authority that these are damned tasty

 

[Peteinblack]

Definitely the top half, it gets more crusty.

As an aside, can they please stop producing these what I would call excessive hot cross buns. You know, hot cross buns with chocolate, with cheese, with marmite. What is wrong with just a hot cross bun.

Every time Mrs Giraffe brings one of those excessive hot cross buns home I tut and moan about the modern generation and their excesses before begrudgingly munching my way through their gorgeous delights. It's just not right.

Agree - we previously loved wholemeal hot-cross buns which Waitrose sold all year round. But now they've stopped selling them altogether. You can buy extra fruit HCBs, chocolate HCBs, cinnamon HCBs, apple HCBs, etc, but not good old wholemeal HCBs.

So we don't eat them anymore

 

[Peteinblack]

Went top but amazing how close it is between 3 answers

A veritable Bun Fight!

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

I have it on good authority that these are damned tasty

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[Cowfold Seagull]

Neither half, l don't like cinnamon.

 

[The Clamp]

Anyone enjoy a thin slice of cheese of HCB. Usually cheddar, melted.

Blue cheese works very well as well.

Prefer a tea-cake to HCB’s though .