ingredients (15 pieces):
Buns:
25 g yeast
85 g butter
0.5 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom
1 tsp clove
1 tsp ginger *
1 dl sugar
2,5 dl milk
½ tsp salt
7-8 dl flour
1 egg
*If you want to make regular “Lussebullar” or “Saffron buns” change the cinnamon, cardamom, clove and ginger to 0.5 g saffron.
How to:
Crumble the yeast into a bowl. Then melt the butter in a small saucepan, add the spices and then the milk. Blending it until you reach 37 C. Pour the mixture over the yeast, blend until the yeast dissolves. Later ad sugar and salt and while blending ad the flour little at a time. Knead the dough for 10 minutes, then let it rest for 45 minutes under a kitchen towel.
Take pieces and form them into nice shapes and put them on a lined baking sheet. Then let them rise for another 30 minutes.
Turn oven to 200 C.
Brush the buns with an egg wash before baking them for about 10 minutes and then letting them cool on a rack.