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Post by gar on Mar 25, 2016 17:05:34 GMT
I'm making orange and choc chip hot cross buns from a recipe I stumbled upon and haven't tried before. In the ingredients list it calls for 3 oranges, juiced and zested, and unsalted butter....but in the instructions it only accounts for 2 of the oranges and tells you to add salt!!
Also it says to add the butter, spices, zest, sugar to the flour then rub in until it's like breadcrumbs - well, that's much easier to do with just the butter and flour, before adding the zest etc but luckily I spotted that!
Heaven only knows how they'll turn out!
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Post by JoP on Mar 25, 2016 17:09:58 GMT
I'm sure they'll be heavenly gar |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Mar 25, 2016 17:21:04 GMT
I only bake with unsalted butter. The additional salt you add is usually for help in rising (I think) not taste.
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Post by gar on Mar 25, 2016 17:23:22 GMT
I only bake with unsalted butter. The additional salt you add is usually for help in rising (I think) not taste. I can see that may be an explanation but then it was missed off the ingredients list. Oh well....we'll see! Thanks for the faith JoP!! |
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Post by Sassy Sabrina SWZ on Mar 25, 2016 17:38:45 GMT
I'm not a baker, but I've seen the explanation that unsalted butter is called for in recipes so that you can control the amount of salt in the finished product by adding a measured amount yourself. I think lisacharlotte is right about the use of salt in baked products, too, so that's a second reason. Not sure how to explain about that third orange, though ...! Anyway, I love the combination of orange, chocolate, and spices. I hope the buns turn out great! |
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Post by JoP on Mar 25, 2016 17:39:01 GMT
Let me know how hey turn out gar please |
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 25, 2016 17:42:16 GMT
The third orange is to cut up attractively and compose artful shots for all those endless photos a food blogger will use to clog up a recipe post.
Duh.
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Post by gar on Mar 25, 2016 17:47:20 GMT
The third orange is to cut up attractively and compose artful shots for all those endless photos a food blogger will use to clog up a recipe post. Duh. Oh silly me! Of course, why didn't I think of that!  |
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Post by gar on Mar 25, 2016 17:48:11 GMT
Let me know how hey turn out gar please If you don't hear anything you'll know they were a disaster  |
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Post by The Birdhouse Lady on Mar 25, 2016 18:31:40 GMT
I think the third orange is for you to snack on while your buns are in the oven!  |
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Post by anniefb on Mar 25, 2016 18:36:30 GMT
They sound delicious - but I agree recipes like that are frustrating!
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Post by mikklynn on Mar 25, 2016 18:36:42 GMT
Buns in the oven...I snorted!
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Mar 25, 2016 18:38:00 GMT
I think the third orange is for you to snack on while your buns are in the oven! I didn't know she had a bun in the oven! gar, are you holding out on us? P.S. If you can share that recipe, I'd love it. It sounds delicious - I love chocolate & orange together. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2016 18:39:09 GMT
Salt doesn't make things rise, but it does help control how much things rise. It makes the binding of gluten stronger, but mostly, it's all about flavor!
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Post by baylorgrad on Mar 25, 2016 18:44:37 GMT
I'm making orange and choc chip hot cross buns from a recipe I stumbled upon and haven't tried before. In the ingredients list it calls for 3 oranges, juiced and zested, and unsalted butter....but in the instructions it only accounts for 2 of the oranges and tells you to add salt!! Also it says to add the butter, spices, zest, sugar to the flour then rub in until it's like breadcrumbs - well, that's much easier to do with just the butter and flour, before adding the zest etc but luckily I spotted that! Heaven only knows how they'll turn out! , is it the recipe from Woman & Home magazine (I did a quick search)? If it is, the unclear recipe might be part of the reason why it has just two stars out of five.  |
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Post by bc2ca on Mar 25, 2016 18:46:13 GMT
I'd use the third orange for an orange glaze to drizzle over the hot buns - they sound heavenly!
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Post by BarbaraUK on Mar 25, 2016 19:07:37 GMT
I'm making orange and choc chip hot cross buns from a recipe I stumbled upon and haven't tried before. In the ingredients list it calls for 3 oranges, juiced and zested, and unsalted butter....but in the instructions it only accounts for 2 of the oranges and tells you to add salt!! Also it says to add the butter, spices, zest, sugar to the flour then rub in until it's like breadcrumbs - well, that's much easier to do with just the butter and flour, before adding the zest etc but luckily I spotted that! Heaven only knows how they'll turn out! , is it the recipe from Woman & Home magazine (I did a quick search)? If it is, the unclear recipe might be part of the reason why it has just two stars out of five. if this is the recipe, I tried it last year and finally - after a lot of head scratching - came to the conclusion that they meant that the zest of the three oranges should be used but not the juice of the third orange. Only way I could make sense of that recipe! They turned out out quite well even though the recipe is frustratingly unclear! |
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Post by magz811 on Mar 25, 2016 19:25:11 GMT
As someone who likes to have my ingredients all measured and ready to go, that would drive me crazy, too.
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Post by gar on Mar 25, 2016 20:28:44 GMT
I didn't know she had a bun in the oven! gar, are you holding out on us? Good god no!!  Well, it's been a strange day, kept thinking it was Sunday, kept losing track of time so consequently my timing was out as I started them way too late really and then we went to the pub so they're were a bit late into the second prove but hey ho!......fingers crossed I'll be cooking them in a while! scrappinwithoutpeas - I'll share the recipe id they're successful  baylorgrad - you could be right. BarbaraUK, sounds like that's the one. If they turn out well I'll be making notes for next time |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2016 11:06:06 GMT
So how did the buns turn out?
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Post by gar on Mar 26, 2016 11:29:08 GMT
Well..... .....I had completely lost track of time and started them too late really, then we went out, which I'd forgotten we were doing, so by the time I got home, did the second prove and then baked them I couldn't be bothered to do the cross business so I just baked them plain. There was just about time to cool them to go into a tin before I went to bed so I haven't even had one yet! I will probably have one when I get home later so I'll let you know!  |
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Post by gar on Mar 26, 2016 17:12:54 GMT
So I've just had a bun and it was tasty but the texture was too heavy...it was more like a scone quite honestly. That could well be my fault as I don't do any bread making and my yeast skills may have hampered the process, especially as they were left to prove for too long etc. but definitely a nice flavour and I might give them another go another time |
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Post by anniefb on Mar 26, 2016 19:05:36 GMT
So I've just had a bun and it was tasty but the texture was too heavy...it was more like a scone quite honestly. That could well be my fault as I don't do any bread making and my yeast skills may have hampered the process, especially as they were left to prove for too long etc. but definitely a nice flavour and I might give them another go another time Or maybe it was the recipe  |
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Post by gar on Mar 26, 2016 20:21:54 GMT
So I've just had a bun and it was tasty but the texture was too heavy...it was more like a scone quite honestly. That could well be my fault as I don't do any bread making and my yeast skills may have hampered the process, especially as they were left to prove for too long etc. but definitely a nice flavour and I might give them another go another time Or maybe it was the recipe Maybe  |
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 26, 2016 22:05:49 GMT
Oaky, no problem, it was a choc orange scone. Sounds good to me! I heard that one of the big supermarkets here was selling choc orange hot cross buns. I went there last night to get some but there was only one left. I haven't had it yet. So I've just had a bun and it was tasty but the texture was too heavy...it was more like a scone quite honestly. That could well be my fault as I don't do any bread making and my yeast skills may have hampered the process, especially as they were left to prove for too long etc. but definitely a nice flavour and I might give them another go another time  Yeast scares me, unless it's for something I'm making in my breadmaker, and I can just chuck it in and the machine does all the work - proving and kneading. That's why I've never tried making hot cross buns. |
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Post by M in Carolina on Mar 26, 2016 22:11:29 GMT
I've done a little bread making and the juice of 3 oranges sounds like a lot of liquid for bread dough--depending on the orange size it could be 1/3 to 1/2 cup per orange.
Is the juice of the 3rd orange maybe used in the glaze?? My great aunt used to make "orange blossoms" at Christmas. Orange sponge cakes baked in mini muffin tins and then thoroughly drenched in orange glaze--confectioner's sugar and orange juice. My family are Baptist teetotalers, but I'd bet these little cakes would be amazing with rum. I'm going to make some lemon and lime versions.
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Mar 26, 2016 22:11:58 GMT
They sound delicious - but I agree recipes like that are frustrating! Agreed. I find that kind of thing all the time - an ingredient is listed but they fail to put it in the recipe, so you're not sure when to add it or some other such nonsense. |
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Post by gar on Mar 26, 2016 22:52:32 GMT
Is the juice of the 3rd orange maybe used in the glaze?? There was a glaze but even with that I didn't touch the 3rd orange  |
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Post by gar on Mar 26, 2016 22:53:31 GMT
Oaky, no problem, it was a choc orange scone. Sounds good to me! Me too - I'm flexible with things like that  |
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