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Date and honey spiced butter

By Hannah Lewry

Serves 6 to 8

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

12 pitted dates, halved
1 vanilla pod, split and seeds removed
A squeeze of lemon juice
3 t honey
100 g honeycomb (optional)
200 g butter
2 star anise
1⁄2 t ground cinnamon

Method

Place all the ingredients in a saucepan and heat until the butter has melted.

Serve with toasted or braaied chocolate hot cross buns.

Cook's note: Nothing wrong with buttered toasty buns, but chocolate hot cross buns toasted over the coals, then drizzled in this spicy-sweet butter? We think we’re onto something...

Browse more ideas with hot cross buns here.