St. Lucy Day buns

I have been wishing to try St. Lucy Day buns since I have seen them pictured in multiple places.

I decided why not in this season where I am busy doing so much.  I tried a recipe out of the tome.

Shaping was a bit interesting just because I had not tried it before.  But the buns turned out beautifully.

The crumb was just lovely.  And the colour!  The flavour of cardamom and saffron was lovely.

There was just one tiny littly problem.  I found out the hard way I appear to be sensitive to saffron.  I have eaten everything in these buns before but the saffron.  I have ended up covered in a rash.  I still have the rash even though I stopped eating these buns when I truly realized what was going on.  I itch.  And I sighed.  Lovely buns.  Just not for me.

Oh well.