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Advent Calendar 2022: How to make Swedish Lucia saffron buns

Tim Marringa
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Advent Calendar 2022: How to make Swedish Lucia saffron buns
A Stockholm baker talked us through the saffron bun-making process. Photo: Tim Marringa/The Local

In the first entry for 2022's The Local Advent Calendar, we share a recipe for classic Swedish saffron buns from bakery Gateau.

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In Sweden, Lucia Day on December 13th is celebrated with music, candles, and sweet saffron buns. To get you in the Christmas spirit, here's a video from our archives, when The Local visited bakery Gateau to get a hands-on lesson in making the perfect golden bun.

Watch the video below to learn from an expert baker (and note, there's a typo in the text: add 2 and a half teaspoons of yeast, not 1/4 cup!)

Here's another recipe for the buns in text form if you'd like more details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqdQk8_p-Ko

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