复活节快到了！我们做十字面包吧！

(Fù huó jié kuài dào le ！ Wǒ men zuò shí zì miàn bāo ba ！)

‘Easter’s coming! Let’s make Hot Cross Buns!’

Well it’s nearly Easter again! Here is a video the kids made last year (at age 9 and 11) to help you make Hot Cross Buns in Chinese! Easter is not traditionally celebrated in China, so there was never really a name for hot cross buns…so what do we call them when we want to let our Chinese friends know what we are doing for Easter? Well, the Chinese character for the number ten is written like this 十. Kind of cross shaped, so we call hot cross buns 十字面包，( shízì miànbāo ) or ‘the number ten character bread’ 😊Easter is 复活节， fùhuójié 复 meaning to duplicate, and 活 meaning life, 节 meaning festival, so kind of duplicate life festival…or being born again festival 😃

So….how do you follow a recipe in Chinese??? See below the video for help!

Aurora and Lucas have tried their hardest to make a cooking video, that clearly points to each ingredient as they say it in Chinese, and clearly shows you what to do as they recount the method. On top of that they have made a downloadable hot cross buns 1 Powerpoint that has the ingredients and key verbs and measurements used in the recipe, with the pinyin, English and images to help you work out the vocabulary! Bear in mind they are learning how to talk about ‘dough rising’ in Chinese and video techniques too as they do this project, but making a video to help others learn, we think this is the best way for us to learn! They used an iPad as a camera, and iMovie app to create the video. Aurora and Lucas hope that this video will help:

• beginner to intermediate learners of Chinese learn a little more Chinese by having fun making Hot Cross Buns for Easter, and saying each step out loud as they make them!!
• inspire other students of Chinese to make their own cooking or instructional videos in Chinese.
• inspire Chinese teachers to show the video to their students to inspire them to do a similar project together.
• inspire Chinese people to have a go at making a Western traditional recipe!

Here is the list of ingredients and method in Chinese and pinyin, you will need to work out the English from the video actions and the powerpoint (linked above)! Good Luck!

配料：

四茶匙酵母

四分之一杯糖

一杯半 温牛奶

四杯面粉

黄油80克

一个鸡蛋

一茶匙肉豆蔻

一茶匙肉桂

一杯葡萄干

十字糊： 四分之一杯水、两茶匙糖、四分之一杯面粉

做法：

1. 把酵母放在温牛奶中化开。加入糖混匀。放在温暖处十分钟。
2. 将面粉和黄油，放在碗里，搓成屑状。
3. 倒入酵母混合物，搅拌。加入鸡蛋、肉豆蔻、肉桂和葡萄干。 搅拌，然后揉面团。放在温暖处进行发酵一个小时。
4. 预热200℃ 的烤箱。
5. 将面团分成16份. 排在铺了烤纸的烤盘上。
6. 准备十字糊: 将水,糖和面粉放在新的碗里,搅拌. 盛入裱花袋。在表面呈十字型挤上十字糊。
7. 入烤箱烤20分钟。中间最好转一下烤盘。

pèi liào ：

sì chá chí jiào mǔ

sì fēn zhī yī bēi táng

yī bēi bàn wēn niú nǎi

sì bēi miàn fěn

huáng yóu 80 kè

yī gè jī dàn

yī chá chí ròu dòu kòu

yī chá chí ròu guì

yī bēi pú tao gān

shí zì hú ： sì fēn zhī yī bēi shuǐ 、 liǎng chá chí táng 、 sì fēn zhī yī bēi miàn fěn

zuò fǎ ：

1 . bǎ jiào mǔ fàng zài wēn niú nǎi zhōng huà kāi 。 jiā rù táng hùn yún 。 fàng zài wēn nuǎn chù shí fēn zhōng 。

2 . jiāng miàn fěn hé huáng yóu ， fàng zài wǎn lǐ ， cuō chéng xiè zhuàng 。

3 . dào rù jiào mǔ hùn hé wù ， jiǎo bàn 。 jiā rù jī dàn 、 ròu dòu kòu 、 ròu guì hé pú tao gān 。 jiǎo bàn ， rán hòu róu miàn tuán 。 fàng zài wēn nuǎn chù jìn xíng fā jiào yī gè xiǎo shí 。

4 . yù rè 200 ℃ de kǎo xiāng 。

5 . jiāng miàn tuán fēn chéng 16 fèn . pái zài pū le kǎo zhǐ de kǎo pán shàng 。

6 . zhǔn bèi shí zì hú : jiāng shuǐ , táng hé miàn fěn fàng zài xīn de wǎn lǐ , jiǎo bàn . chéng rù biǎo huā dài 。 zài biǎo miàn chéng shí zì xíng jǐ shàng shí zì hú 。

7 . rù kǎo xiāng kǎo 20 fēn zhōng 。 zhōng jiān zuì hǎo zhuǎn yī xià kǎo pán 。