This 5-minute flavoured butter recipe will make any slice of toast taste like a hot cross bun

Name: This 5-minute flavoured butter recipe will make any slice of toast taste like a hot cross bun
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 150 g salted butter; 50 g mixed dried fruit; 1 tbsp. golden syrup; Zest of 1/2 an orange, plus 1tbsp of juice; 1/2 tsp. mixed spice; 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon; 1/4 tsp. ground ginger; Large pinch allspice; Pinch of flaky sea salt (to taste)

Spread the flavour of Easter on everything!

By Nadine BrownPublished: 05 March 2026

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toasted bread halves topped with spread and glistening butter

Ever wished hot cross buns could be a year-round treat? Well, we have found the solution: hot cross bun butter. Saving you the time (and effort) of mixing, proving and baking a batch of buns, we’ve popped all the familiar flavours into a spread that makes everything – crumpets, English muffins, toast, a spoon (no judgement) – taste like hot cross buns. It’s about to be Easter every day in your kitchen!

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Yields:

10 serving(s)

Prep Time:

5 mins

Total Time:

5 mins

Ingredients

150 g salted butter
50 g mixed dried fruit
1 Tbsp. golden syrup
Zest of 1/2 an orange, plus 1tbsp of juice
1/2 tsp. mixed spice
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
Large pinch allspice
Pinch of flaky sea salt (to taste)

Directions

1. Step 1Add all the ingredients, bar the salt, to a mini blender and blitz until smooth and combined. Taste and add a pinch of flaky sea salt according to taste.
2. Step 2Tip the butter on to a square of baking paper, roll it around the butter to form a sausage shape, then twist the ends to seal. Store for up to 3 days in the fridge or for a month in the freezer.

GH TIP: Make a batch and store in the freezer – this is great to whip out for unexpected visitors or to gift over the Easter period.

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Nadine Brown

Kitchen Editor

Nadine is the Kitchen Editor, creating delicious, exciting recipes for GH. Her background is eclectic – time spent as a teen mag website editor interviewing the likes of Lady Gaga before becoming a standby contestant for GBBO - and it shows in her style cooking. Full of flavour, interesting stories and fun!

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