Lussekatter- Swedish Saffron Buns recipe

My parents have just left and it was a really nice evening. As promised I show you the lussekatter (Swedish Saffron Buns) I baked after a really old recipe from my grandma. They are soooo good, you can get addicted. I already look forward to eat them again tomorrow morning for breakfast. :)

Here is what you need:

Ingredients:

• 150 g butter
• 1 g saffron threads, finely crumbled
• 5 dl milk
• 2 dl sugar
• 0.5 tsk salt
• 50 g yeast
• 1 egg
• 15 dl flour

decoration

• 1 egg
• raisins or currants to decorate

Preparation:


Melt the butter and add the milk. Pour mixture into mixing bowl and allow to cool until “finger-warm” (still quite warm, but just cool enough to touch). Stir in yeast and let sit for 10 minutes. Add sugar, salt and saffron.

Mix 7 dl flour into liquid and then the egg. Add enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough (just until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Don't add too much flour as the dough gets dry). Put the dough to a large bowl and cover it with a clean towel and allow to rise until doubled, approx. 1 hour.

Take the dough after 1 hour and knead two or three times on a floured surface. Take small handfuls of dough and roll into "lines." Shape the lines into various forms like an "S" for example. Place on a baking sheet that is covered with a backing paper and cover the lusserkatter with the towel again, and let rise until doubled (approx. 1 hour).

Decorate buns with raisins, brush with beaten egg, and bake in preheated 250 °C oven about 7-10 minutes, just until brown.

Have a good Lucia day!

Kram,

Isabell