Lussekatter

Summary

Ingredients

• 50 g butter / mararine
• 150 ml milk, lukewarm
• 25 g yeast
• 300 grams flour
• 50 grams sugar
• 1 egg (s)
• 1 pinch saffron
• 1 egg yolk
• Raisins

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Instructions

1. Mix butter or margarine in the lukewarm milk, dissolve the yeast in it, knead with flour, sugar, egg, saffron and salt to a smooth dough and let rise to double size. Divide the dough into 24 pieces and form Lussekatter (inverted s, 2 crossed each other. The ends are twisted in and a raisin is placed on top of each). Let rise on a greased baking sheet for 15 minutes. Brush with whisked egg yolk and decorate with currants / raisins. Bake at 250 ° C for about 15 minutes
2. According to a Swedish tradition, these Lussekatten are distributed to schools and kindergartens by St. Lucia.

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