Ingredients
Dough 1
- 50 gram salted butter
- 500 ml mjölk
- 50 gram fresh yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 750 gram flour
Dough 2
- 1 gram saffron
- 1 st sugar lump
- 125 gram room temperature butter
- 135 gram sugar
- 1 st egg
- 300 gram flour
Saffron Buns
Time to bake saffron buns for Lucia. There is something special about these buns for Christmas, don´t you think?
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Set oven to 225-250°C (435°F).
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Crush saffron and sugar lump in a mortar.
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Assemble the assistant with beater bowl and cookie whisks.
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Mix room temperature butter and sugar in the beater bowl.
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Add egg and saffron.
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Add dough 2 into dough 1 and blend them together with the dough roller.
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Add the rest of the flour.
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Make saffron buns and place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
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Add raisins and let them rise for 30 minutes.
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Brush the buns with egg.
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Bake in the oven for 7-9 minutes.
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Let cool down on a wire rack.
