Simply Recipes: St. Lucia Saffron Buns

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St. Lucia Saffron Buns Dec 12th 2013, 06:42, by Elise December 13, St. Lucia Day, also known as the Festival of Light, is a day of celebration in Sweden, in the spirit of Advent and Christmas. Young girls are dressed in white robes with a red sash, with one girl selected as “Lucia” who wears a crown of lit candles (or battery powered ones), the others carrying a single candle. Processions with singing and revelry abound. At home, the eldest girl dresses up in robe, sash, and candle crown, and delivers coffee and lussekatter, or S shaped saffron buns to her parents for breakfast. This was all explained to me the other day by a young Swedish woman named Lisa Persson in college here in Sacramento, a long way from home. She spoke of these saffron buns with such nostalgia, I just had to make some. Continue reading "St. Lucia Saffron Buns" » Media files: st-lucia-saffron-buns-horizontal-300x200.jpg

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