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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Brockes

REVEALED: Digested week these fallback french hot cross buns are quite wrong | Vintage Vibes

Hot cross buns
The ideal hot cross bun should have a glaze on it so fierce you can apply your makeup in the reflection. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto

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It’s very hard to find proper hot cross buns in New York without stumbling on a range of impostors. There are bread rolls with raisins. There are croissants in disguise. There are a range of what can only be classified as muffins. This year, after the closure of my one reliable go-to at Easter – a local Aussie bakery – I fall back on the French. A few days before Easter, the seasonal offerings at the French bakery loom large in the window and I let myself dream things will turn out all right.

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