Jamaican Easter Spice Bun — Highly Spiced Jamaican bread, soft, tender studded with raisins and fruits. Absolutely delightful anytime!

This is the time of the year, when Christians abstain from meat and flock towards bread and meat-free goods. I am happy to say I’m one of those Christians. Growing up, during the Lenten Season, especially on Fridays we would only eat bread and water until sunset. Hot cross buns were only reserved for Good Friday and my siblings and I waited for them impatiently. It was the highlight of our Lenten Season.

Gosh! I miss those days…  I always do have a fondness for spicy bread — this Jamaican  Spice Bun is no exception. The good thing is it’s eaten year round. However, the  Easter Spice Buns are made extra special- sweeter, and studded with dried fruit for the Lenten Season and especially on Good Friday. This is the Jamaican sweeter take on the ever popular hot cross bun.

You can find as many different adaptions to the classic recipe as there are cooks – made with or without yeast. I’m ashamed  to say I totally went overboard – trying out different variations and they are all worth making at home.

My preferred version has a modern twist to it — Guinness — substituting the liquid ingredients of milk for something a little tastier… Guinness Stout. Giving it an incredibly rich brown color. This one below is sans – without Guinness.

This  is made with half Guinness and half milk.

For those that have never baked with Guinness I think you are in for a treat! Guinness contains a lot of complex flavors and definitely adds depth of flavor to baked goods with mild notes of cocoa and a strong malt flavor- making this bread truly unique and delightful. This amazing bread takes about 15 minutes to prep and is studded with raisins dried fruit. And wonderfully fragrant spices from nutmeg, cinnamon allspice, together with molasses and browning sauce. Yes! Quite a flavorful bread – sure to tantalize your taste buds.

Traditionally, this is served with hard cheese or you can make a cheese sandwich.

Notes

• Browning is a Caribbean Sauce that is used to darken sauces, stews, or meat and even baked goods. If this is too dark for your liking then you might want to cut back on the browning – or eliminate completely.

Looking for a light airy Hot Cross Bun then check this out!

Hot Cross Buns Recipe

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Jamaican Easter Spiced Bun

Jamaican Easter Spiced Bun — Highly Spiced Jamaican bread, soft, tender studded with raisins and fruits . Absolutely delightful anytime!

4.91 from 52 votes

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 1 hr

Total: 1 hr 15 mins

Caribbean

Servings 6 -8

Ingredients

• ▢ ¼ cup brown sugar
• ▢ ¼ cup granulated sugar (or 50 grams)
• ▢ ¼ cup honey (or 85 grams)
• ▢ 1 teaspoon browning.
• ▢ ½ Tablespoon Molasses
• ▢ 1- teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 4 tablespoons melted butter
• ▢ 1 cup Guinness Stout
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 1- cup dried fruits cherries, raisin
• ▢ 2 cups all purpose flour
• ▢ 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1/2- tablespoon cinnamon
• ▢ 2 1/2 Teaspoon spice combination Nutmeg- (3/4 teaspoon), Cinnamon ( 1 teaspoon) and ( 3/4 teaspoon) all spice)
• ▢ 1 cup cherries optional to top bun

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Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan with baking spray; set aside
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the following ingredients: brown sugar, granulated sugar, honey, browning, Molasses, vanilla, melted butter Guinness Stout and egg
• In another bowl combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon allspice and salt, lightly mix. Then throw in the dried fruits
• Then combine wet and dry ingredients until thoroughly
• Scrape down sides.
• Pour mixture into prepared loaf pan , add cherries on top if desired – bake for about 60-75 minutes or until a tooth inserted comes out clean.
• Let it cool before slicing.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 448kcal (22%)| Carbohydrates: 87g (29%)| Protein: 6g (12%)| Fat: 9g (14%)| Saturated Fat: 5g (31%)| Cholesterol: 47mg (16%)| Sodium: 279mg (12%)| Potassium: 497mg (14%)| Fiber: 4g (17%)| Sugar: 44g (49%)| Vitamin A: 514IU (10%)| Vitamin C: 2mg (2%)| Calcium: 104mg (10%)| Iron: 3mg (17%)

Author: Imma

Course: Main

Cuisine: Caribbean

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