Swedish Lucia Breads

Ingredients

• 1 ½ ounces yeast
• 2 cups lukewarm water
• ¹/₈ ounce saffron
• Scant 1 cup butter, melted
• 2 pounds all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup superfine sugar
• + 3 more ingredients
• • ¹/₃ cup raisins
  • 44 raisins
  • 1 egg, beaten

1. Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk in a mixing bowl, then add the saffron and keep stirring until the mixture turns yellow. Add the melted butter. In a separate mixing bowl, sift together the flour and salt, then stir in the sugar and raisins. 2. Pour the yeast mixture into the dry ingredien...

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