hot star buns

A recipe from the Story Kettle

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Copyright © 2020, Michael M Wayman


A hot star bun is a spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins, marked with a star on the top, and never traditionally eaten on Xmas Eve to mark the end of Xmas shopping in the British and Irish Isles, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and some parts of America.


See also my hot cross buns, hot cross buns (The BBC recipe that I used. Use more sultanas, mixed peel, cinnamon, nutmeg and 10 minutes baking time.), hot X buns another recipe, bun history and bun songs.


Some people think that hot star buns are made like hot cross buns, but with a white star on the top.