Vegan vanilla almond saffron buns
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Vegan vanilla almond saffron buns

If there’s one thing you should make this winter, it’s these vegan vanilla almond saffron buns! You can use regular milk and butter if you’d prefer and skip the vegan ingredients. They’re so soft and fluffy, and you can freeze them—they’ll be just as fresh when you’re ready to enjoy!

Serving Size:
30 medium – large buns
Time:
3h
Difficulty:
2/5

For the pre-dough

  • 5 dl | 2,5 cup oat milk warm to touch
  • 14g instant yeast (usually equals 1 package)
  • 1 g saffron
  • 8,5 dl | 4,5 cup all purpose flour

For the rest of the dough:

  • 150g vegan butter room temperature
  • 2 dl | 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 5,5 dl | 2 & 3/4 cup all purpose flour

Almond vanilla filling:

  • 150g peeled and roasted almonds
  • 1 dl | 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla powder
  • 1 tbsp cardamom
  • 2-3 tbsp water
  • 120 g vegan butter room temperature

Sugar mixture ( optional )

  • Melted butter to brush the baked buns
  • Sugar
  • Roughly chopped rosted almonds

Directions

  1. Start by blending almonds for 20 seconds then add the rest of your ingredients and blend until smooth consistency ( it should turn to an almond butter consistency ).
  2. Start by making the pre-dough: Add yeast, milk and 1 tbsp of the sugar in a big bowl, cover and let sit for 10 min to bloom.
  3. Then add your saffron and flour, mix this with a stand mixer or by hand until incorporated. It should be a slimy kind of consistency so not a dough consistency quite yet.
  4. Let this pre-dough rest for 20 min.
  5. When done resting add the butter one cube a time, also add the sugar, salt and flour one dl/cup a time. When everything is incorporated keep kneading for 10-15 more min.
  6. When you have a smooth and bouncy dough let it rest for 1 hour.
  7. When done resting place the proofed dough on a floured surface and roll out to a rectangular shape, spread over your almond vanilla filling.
  8. Fold over the short side of the dough to the other and use a pizza slicer to cut 1 cm thick stripes of dough.
  9. Twist a stripe of dough and shape it like a bun.
  10. Place on parchment paper and let rest for another 10-15 min before baking in the oven.
  11. Bake on 200 c or 370 f for 12-15 min.
  12. Take out and let cool!
  13. Brush with some melted butter and sprinkle some sugar and almond shreds!