December 24, 2007 - 9:49pm
Lucia Cats (sweet saffron buns)
Even though Santa Lucia Day is 13 December, I made Lucia cats so we could have them for breakfast on Christmas morning.
I now know that I should have placed them further apart on the pan so they wouldn't grow together. Luckily, they taste just as good!!
Merry Christmas to all!
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they look gorgeous!
I really want to make them. Are they similar to the old style yellow coloured sweet bread that was common in bakeries up until perhaps 15-20 years ago?
I am not familiar with the yellow coloured sweet bread that you are referring to, greenbaker. These buns are sweet but not too sweet and have a lovely delicate flavour of saffron.
They aren't at all difficult to make and because of the sugar content, they rise relatively quickly.
Here again is the recipe I used:
http://etherwork.net/recipes/photopages/luciacats.html#recipe <-- original recipe
http://etherwork.net/recipes/luciacats_saffron.html <-- my revised recipe
I didn't use fresh yeast this time though. I used active dry instead.
-Elizabeth
This year, I halved the Luciacat recipe and made smaller buns than I had made the first time around.
Here is the revision:
http://etherwork.net/recipes/luciacats_saffron.html
(Click on the image on the linked page to see more photos)