Swedish Saffron Buns

Name: Swedish Saffron Buns
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 35
Cuisine: Nordic, Scandinavian, European
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter; 1 eggs, beaten; 2 liters all-purpose flour; 503 milliliters milk; 227 grams quark or sour cream; 1 gram packets powdered saffron; 1 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters sugar; 51 grams cakes compressed fresh yeast

Swedish Saffron Buns might be just the Scandinavian recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 35 servings with 156 calories, 5g of protein, and 4g of fat each. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a very reasonably priced bread. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. A mixture of butter, eggs, cakes compressed yeast, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the milk and butter in a small saucepan until the butter has melted and the temperature has reached 100 degrees F (38 degrees C). Crumble the yeast into a bowl, then pour in the warm milk. Stir well until the yeast dissolves.

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Butter

Yeast

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Stir in the quark, saffron, sugar, salt, and 7 cups of the flour.

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Saffron

All Purpose Flour

Quark

Sugar

Salt

Mix the dough in the bowl until it becomes shiny and silky, adding more flour as needed until it begins to come away from the sides of the bowl. Cover, and let rise for 40 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Prepare 2 or 3 baking sheets by covering each with a sheet of parchment paper. Lightly flour a work surface, punch down the dough, then divide into 35 pieces.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Punch

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Roll each piece into a rope, 5 to 6 inches long. With the rope lying flat on the work surface, roll each end towards the center, in opposite directions, creating a curled S-shape.

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Roll

Place the buns on the prepared baking sheets, and garnish with raisins if desired. Cover with a towel, and allow to rise for an additional 30 minutes while you preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

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Raisins