If you have no daughters,
give them to your sons.
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!

In the old days children eagerly awaited this special treat on Good Friday as this popular children's song tells us.

A hot cross bun is a sweet bun made with raisins or currants and a white cross marked on top of it. Hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday on the British Isles and in some parts of the Commonwealth such as Canada and Australia. Eating hot cross buns marks the end of Lent – the fasting period – because they are made with dairy products which are forbidden during this period. The cross on the bun symbolises the crucifixion of Jesus.

Why not treat your loved ones on Good Friday with some delicious Hot Cross Buns?

Vocabulary 📚

Good Friday – Karfreitag

bun – Milchbrötchen

eagerly – erwartungsvoll

awaited – erwarteten

treat – verwöhnen (Verb), Leckerei (Nomen)

raisins – Rosinen

currants – Johannisbeeren

Lent – Fastenzeit

dairy products – Milchprodukte

forbidden – verboten

crucifixion – Kreuzigung