currant buns
Raisin-studded sweet breads
Currant buns are sweet bread rolls studded with dried currants, often glazed and sometimes spiced.
The most familiar variety is the hot cross bun, marked with a cross and eaten at Easter.
In Cockney rhyming slang, currant bun means sun: lovely day, the currant bun's out.
- raisinDesiccated grape
- breadLeavened flour product
- bunSoft rounded roll
- sconeSmall crumbly teatime bread
- rollsSmall rounded breads
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sweetness/flavor addition
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