Ingredients
Dough
- 250 ml cream (with vanilla)
- 250 ml water
- 125 g butter (melted)
- 50 g yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 210 g light syrup
- 1 tsp freshly ground cardamom
- 1 g saffron
- 840-900 g Flour
Filling
- 200 g almond paste
- 125 g room temperature butter
- 1,5 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 1,5 tbsp Cornstarch
Saffron buns with almond paste
Bake with saffron this Christmas. Here is a recipe for saffron buns filled with almond paste. You just must try them!
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Melt butter and add the cream + water heat to about 37 °C (99 °F).
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Assemble the assistent with bowl, dough knife and dough roller.
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Crumble the yeast in the dough bowl and add the dough liquid.
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Add saffron, cardamom, salt and syrup.
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Mix the yeast and then add half of the flour, run the mixer at half speed for a few minutes.
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Knead until the dough is glossy and begins to loose from the edges
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Cover with bowl cover and leave to rise for about 1-1.5 hours.
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In the meantime, prepare the filling
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Assemble the assistent with beater bowl and balloon whisks.
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Whisk the room temperature butter with vanilla sugar and cornstarch.
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Then add the almond paste and whisk together to a smooth batter.
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Turn the finished dough upside down on a floured baking sheet.
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Roll out a large square.
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Add the filling evenly.
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Then fold in half so that you get a rectangle with all the filling in the middle. Now take a knife / pizza slicer and cut strips. Twist the strips, then spin into buns. Bake at about 200 °C (392 °F). As soon as you remove the buns from the oven, brush with syrup and sprinkle with sugar.
