Lucia Cats (sweet saffron buns)

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[/center] 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!! [size=30][color=#cc0000][font=serif]Merry Christmas to all![/font][/color][/size]

Lucia cats (saffron buns) recipe

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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)