Letters From a Young Catholic

My reflections as a Catholic young adult passionate about the Faith, seeking to grow in knowledge and understanding of God and discerning the will of the Lord in my life.

Friday, February 02, 2007

Anglican Hot Cross Buns?


I was looking through a new cook book that appeared in our kitchen this week when I came across a recipe for hot cross buns. Above the recipe was written "It is said that these buns were first created by a 12th-century Anglican monk, who placed the sign of the cross on the buns in honor of Good Friday." Now, I'm a little confused. Wouldn't an Anglican monk before the Reformation have been in fact a Catholic monk?