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"A Swedish Tradition On 13 December the Swedes celebrate the Italian Saint Lucia with a remarkable enthusiasm, surpassing any Italian festivities devoted to the same lady. One mandatory constituent in the celebrations is a saffron-flavoured bun, in Swedish called a lussekatt, a "Lucia cat". The shape of this bun might vary somewhat, but is..."

Ingredients: eggs, baker's yeast...

"A beautiful golden yellow loaf with the subtle scent of saffron. This came from a book called "Complete Book of Breads and Bread Machines". I've rewritten the instructions a bit."

Ingredients: eggs, honey, potatoes...

"If you are a true lover of saffron then this bread is for you. Saffron is the world's most expensive spice with 225,000 crocus stigmas are need to make a single pound. This is a bread for special occasions or when you want any occasion special. This is a great bread to serve with seafood and hearty soups. Source: Electric Bread."

Ingredients: eggs, olive oil, salt...

"A traditional Jewish Sabbath/holiday bread, enriched with the color and flavor of saffron. Toast it to bring out the floral notes of the saffron. Also makes great French toast, especially when a day or two old. Adapted from a recipe at Wild Yeast Blog http://bit.ly/a15Jh"

Ingredients: egg yolks, eggs...

"This is one of those recipes you will either love or hate. We make this bread every year at Christmas time, and it never lasts very long!! We love it warm with butter or peanut butter. This recipe makes a lot of bread, and I am not sure what would happen if you tried to halve the recipe."

Ingredients: currants, hot water...

"Saffron Buns are an old tradition and are commonly eaten on December 13, Lucia Day and all the time up until Christmas."

Ingredients: dry yeast, eggs, margarine...

"This wonderful creation comes from Heartland by Marcia Adams, but I found it on the Batter-Splattered blog."

Ingredients: dried cranberries, dried currants...

"Prep time includes time to rise. Delicious and aromatic!"

Ingredients: warm water, honey, saffron...

"Grandma Dimond's Saffron Cake recipe is a British recipe from the Wrefords in Cornwall, England. It is really more of a fruit bread traditionally served with clotted cream."

Ingredients: currants, saffron, salt...

"This fragrant bread comes from the Ellis Island Immigrant cookbook. it originates from england"

Ingredients: eggs, lemon extract, nutmeg...

"Mildly sweet saffron buns. Recipe published in Saveur magazine, December 2009."

Ingredients: eggs, milk, oil...

"sophie grigson's TV programme a wonderfully yellow tea bread using saffron, old English recipe"

Ingredients: golden sultana raisins, plain flour...

"Adapted from a recipe by Donna Currie at Serious Eats. http://bit.ly/c7Kddy"

Ingredients: honey, milk, olive oil...

"A tradition in our families from England and Sweden. Saffron is expensive to buy, so I don't make these but once or twice a year."

Ingredients: currants, eggs, warm water...