{"id":37,"date":"2010-03-26T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/2010\/03\/26\/easter-spicy-buns\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:42:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:42:50","slug":"easter-spicy-buns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/easter-spicy-buns\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Spicy Buns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_XgsTodaivOI\/S6xX6s3tgiI\/AAAAAAAABMg\/TvMEV0HncmA\/s1600\/easter_buns.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_XgsTodaivOI\/S6xX6s3tgiI\/AAAAAAAABMg\/TvMEV0HncmA\/s320\/easter_buns.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">These gluten-free, starch-free buns don&#8217;t have the texture of hot cross buns, but they&#8217;re still a\u00a0tasty\u00a0treat for Easter. They can also be made casein-free.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">1 cup ground almonds<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00bd cup coconut flour<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00bd tsp baking soda<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">1 heaped tsp mixed spice<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00bd cup sultanas, raisins or currants<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">2-3 tsp grated orange rind<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">3 eggs<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">75gm melted butter or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturefoods.co.nz\/coconut-products\/zenian-coconut-oil-thailand\">coconut oil<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">2-3 Tbs honey<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00bd tsp sea salt<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00bd cup yoghurt OR mashed, cooked pumpkin (prepared earlier) OR finely diced feijoa (I haven&#8217;t tested these, but mashed banana or grated apple should work fine too)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Preheat the oven to 175C. Set butter or oil melting over a low heat, and if your honey is solid, add that to the pan as well. Mix together the flours, baking soda and spice in a large bowl. Stir in the dried fruit and rind. Beat together the eggs, melted butter, honey and sea salt in a small food processor.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">If you\u2019re using feijoa, chop the ends off, peel them and dice them. If you\u2019re using pumpkin, it needs to be pre-cooked, mashed and cooled.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Add the yoghurt, feijoa or pumpkin to the wet mix and beat. The pumpkin needs to be well mixed in, but the feijoa can be still in tiny pieces.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-AU\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix well. If the mix is too wet, add a little extra flour. Leave to sit while you grease the muffin tins. Spoon in the mix and cook for 15-20 mins. Serve hot, with butter or ghee if you tolerate it. Makes 8-10 std muffins or about 24 mini ones (which need less cooking time).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These gluten-free, starch-free buns don&#8217;t have the texture of hot cross buns, but they&#8217;re still a\u00a0tasty\u00a0treat for Easter. They can also be made casein-free. 1 cup ground almonds \u00bd cup coconut flour \u00bd tsp baking soda 1 heaped tsp mixed spice \u00bd cup sultanas, raisins or currants 2-3 tsp grated orange rind 3 eggs 75gm melted butter or coconut oil 2-3 Tbs honey \u00bd tsp sea salt \u00bd cup yoghurt OR mashed, cooked pumpkin (prepared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,13,26,16,15,6,7,22,3,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1162,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}