• Saffron Buns with Whole Grains and Kesella
  • Saffron Buns with Whole Grains and Kesella

    • KronJäst
    • about 35
    • 40 min
    • 1 hour 25 minutes

    A delicious recipe for saffron buns with Kesella and raw sugar. If you want plain buns, simply leave out the filling.

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    Here's how:

    • 1

      Crumble the yeast into a bowl, add the milk (25 °C), and stir until the yeast has dissolved.

    • 2

      Add salt, brown sugar, Kesella, saffron, raisins, butter, and the flour.

    • 3

      Mix until the dough is smooth. Let the dough rise for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together the filling and refrigerate it.

    • 4

      Preheat the oven to 225 °C. Place the dough on a floured surface and shape it into 35 buns. 

    • 5

      Place the buns on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Let them rise for about 30 minutes.

    • 6

      Bake in the middle of the oven for 6–8 minutes.

    • 7

      Brush with melted butter and roll in granulated sugar once the bun has cooled.


    Tip!
    If you need a little help getting started or want to learn more, feel free to check out our Baking School. Good luck with your baking!

    Ingredients

    • 50 g (1 packet) KronJäst for Sweet Doughs, fresh
    • 1 g (2 packets) saffron
    • 500 g (5 dl) milk
    • 600 g (about 10 dl) all-purpose flour
    • 300 g (about 5 dl) whole-wheat flour
    • 100 g (1 dl) butter, at room temperature 
    • 250 g (2.5 dl) Kesella
    • 150 g (1.5 dl) raw sugar
    • 12 g (2 tsp) salt
    • 120 g (2 dl) raisins

    Filling

    • 1 bag (100 g) of vanilla cream for one batch of buns, store-bought or homemade 
    • 400 g (4 dl) milk
    • 39 g (3 tbsp) granulated sugar

    Topping

    • 100 g (1 dl) granulated sugar

    Brushing

    • 50 g (0.5 dl) butter, melted 

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