betthequilter

I'm having company for dinner tomorrow so I thought I'd serve some hot cross buns. I always use to make them on Good Friday but haven't done it in years and years. I really didn't feel like dealing with yeast dough .... rising, etc. so I thought I could buy some ready made. I went to three grocery stores today that had bakeries within them. In two of them the people who worked in the bakery had never heard of them. In the other one they didn't have any this year (had them last year but none this year).

My first question is: have hot cross buns become extinct?

My second question is: does anyone have a good recipe for hot cross buns without dealing with yeast? It's too late for my dinner tomorrow but was hoping to use it in the future.

Thanks, bakers!