St. Lucia Buns Recipe | King Arthur Baking

Ingredients

• 1 cup (227g) milk
• 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads, lightly crushed
• 8 tablespoons (113g) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 4 1/2 cups (540g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• 1/4 cup (43g) potato flour or 1/2 cup (43g) dried potato flakes (instant mashed potatoes)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons (9g) table salt*
• 1/3 cup (67g) granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1 large egg white (reserved from dough) mixed with 1 tablespoon cold water
• Swedish pearl sugar, optional
• golden raisins, optional