Saffron Buns

Name: Saffron Buns
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h 30 min
Yield: 4-5 doz. buns, 36-48 serving(s)
Ingredients: 310.52 ml boiling water; 11.09 ml saffron thread; 8.31 ml yeast; 7.39 ml sugar; 88.72 ml warm water; 221.80 ml sugar; 3.69 ml salt; 177.44 ml lard; 2 eggs; 1153.37 ml flour; 3.69 ml lemon extract; 212.62 g currants; 170.09 g citron

Submitted by adopt a greyhound

"A tradition in our families from England and Sweden. Saffron is expensive to buy, so I don't make these but once or twice a year."

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Ready In:: 5hrs 30mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 3 doz. buns
Serves:: 27-36

ingredients

310.52 ml boiling water
11.09 ml saffron thread
8.31 ml yeast
7.39 ml sugar
88.72 ml warm water
221.80 ml sugar
3.69 ml salt
177.44 ml lard
2 eggs
1153.37 ml flour
3.69 ml lemon extract
212.62 g currants
170.09 g citron

directions

Heat the water in a glass 2 Cup measuring cup in the microwave for 2 minutes. Put saffron into the boiling water and let steep for at least 15 minutes.
Dissolve yeast, sugar and warm water in the bottom of your KA mixer bowl or large bowl. Let it activate for 10 minutes.
In the mixer bowl with the yeast mixture, add the sugar, salt, lard, eggs, flour, and lemon extract. Mix slowly to incorporate.
Remove your mixer bowl from the mixer. Add the steeped saffron. Put it back on the mixer and slowly incorporate the saffron mixture.
Last, add the currents and citron and mix thoroughly.
Let rise approximately 1-2 hours.
Drop by heaping T. on Air Bake pans. Put no more than 12 on a sheet. Continue dropping buns on additional sheets. Let rise in a warm place until doubled.(1-2 hours).
While buns are raising, preheat oven to 350 deg.
Bake each sheet pan separately, they bake to a light golden brown. My oven seems to burn if I have more than one sheet in at a time.
Bake appr. 15 minutes, remove from the oven and put next sheet into the oven. When they are cool, store in Ziploc freezer bags. What you don't eat the first few days, the rest should last through the holidays. Enjoy!