Surprise! Found Mum's recipe for saffron buns.

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Thought I'd try some brown bread this evening. But wanted to try something different and looked out an old bread recipe book that we got as a wedding present 35 years ago - and probably only used once early on. Opened the book and inside the cover were some loose handwritten sheets. One of which was my mother's saffron bun recipe!

We always had saffron buns with a cross cut in the top as Hot Cross Buns every Good Friday. Something for next week, maybe.

Bread turned out OK - recipe from yesterday's Guardian, but nothing really stunning. Need something with a bit more "body". It was a bit light. Better than some of my heavy attempts in the past but too crumbly for my taste.