Saffron Braids

Name: Saffron Braids
Yield: Makes 8
Ingredients: 3.5 ml/¾ tsp saffron threads; 5 ml/1 tsp easy bake (rapid-rise) dried yeast; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter; sunflower oil, for deep-frying; 2 eggs; 200 ml/7 fl oz/⅞ cup milk; 450 g/1 lb/4 cups unbleached white bread flour; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt; caster (superfine) sugar, for sprinkling

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook

By Jennie Shapter

Published 2010

About

Delicately scented and coloured with saffron, these deep-fried braids are favourite coffee-time treats in Scandinavia.

Ingredients

200 ml/7 fl oz/⅞ cup milk
3.5 ml

Scandinavia
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Heat the milk until hot but not boiling. Pour over the saffron in a bowl. Leave for 45 minutes or until cold.
Pour the saffron milk into the bread machine pan, then add the eggs. If the instructions for your machine specify that t