Swedish Vanilla Buns
As a result of making hot cross buns for Oscar over the last few weeks, I have a large container of yeast that has hardly been used. Last year, in the same situation it didn’t get used and was thrown out when the best before date passed (in December!). This year I’m going to make an effort to use it up, so there will (hopefully) be some baking recipes posted in the coming months. I decided to start off by pulling out my pile of Swedish recipes (I was an exchange student there when I was 16) and found a nice simple recipe for custard filled buns – Vaniljbullar (Vanilla buns). Swedish baking is wonderful; they have some of the best buns because of all the spices they use, but this one has only vanilla. The recipe is from a pamphlet called “Svenska Folk Baka Mera”! (Swedish People Bake More!) … Continue reading
