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Hi, I am so excited about these buns! I have been...

2011-01-17T19:24:01.571-07:00

Hi, I am so excited about these buns! I have been trying to make grain free cinnamon rolls but could not find a bread recipe that had enough form. This dough worked perfectly! :)

Also, what can you substitute for applesauce and t...

2010-12-14T11:18:40.871-07:00

Also, what can you substitute for applesauce and tapioca flour? Basically, how can you make this recipe using 100% coconut flour and eggs?

We celebrate St. Lucia day too! I want to take bu...

2010-12-11T11:46:59.768-07:00

We celebrate St. Lucia day too! I want to take buns to a friend's class and one kid doesn't eat wheat so I hopelessly googled "wheat free st. Lucia buns" and to my shock and surprise, it came up! Much less of a surprise was that it was YOUR blog. I just subscribed to you blog several months ago so I was not privy to this post last year.

I too am interested in adding eggs and leaving out the xantham gum.

Thank you so much for experimenting and figuring out this recipe because I certainly have plenty of other things to do this weekend than experiment! Thank you, Thank you!!!

How would you tweak the recipe to make these WITH ...

2010-11-28T07:29:05.304-07:00

How would you tweak the recipe to make these WITH eggs and WITHOUT xantham gum or applesauce?

Also, for the first comment about the Selma Lagerlof book containing the Santa Lucia legend, I can't seem to find it anywhere. Any tips? I can't find anything by her called "Book of Legends"... is there another title?

Many thanks.

Wow! You are making my day today. I'm opting...

2010-11-26T12:21:58.528-07:00

Wow! You are making my day today. I'm opting for more gf in my life and haven't otherwise had a ton of luck with try to make gluten-free/vegan braided bread. Thanks so much, I can't wait to try these!

wow, I made these too for st lucia day too, I didn...

2010-02-04T18:17:52.670-07:00

wow, I made these too for st lucia day too, I didn't realise it was a swedish as well as a danish tradition mine were pretty 'breaky' too, if only we'd known we could have had a chat first to avoid re-inventing the wheel! :)

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Hi Hannah! Thanks so much for the feedback! I am ...

2009-12-13T18:43:10.912-07:00

Hi Hannah!

Thanks so much for the feedback! I am smiling huge here =] I love that you experimented and I love the idea of making them sweeter or even chocolate! I'm working on making cinnamon rolls with the dough—turns out to be easier said than done. lol

XOXO, Kelly

p.s. the reason why I added additional sweetener i...

2009-12-13T16:22:01.550-07:00

p.s. the reason why I added additional sweetener is that they served as a sort of 'cake' for my daughter's birthday today. I served them alongside some vanilla bean coconut-based ice cream with dark cherries on top.

Kelly, I tried these. Love them! I am definitely ...

2009-12-13T16:19:01.915-07:00

Kelly,

I tried these. Love them! I am definitely going to make them again in a variety of flavors. The saffron is really unique. I love that.

I doubled this recipe, and I made it a tiny bit more sweet by adding the vanilla cream/creme stevia in addition to the honey. I added several golden raisins in each crevasse.

The first batch I made (of the double batch) was thicker/larger rolls (about the same size as the ones in your photo, but not as pretty. hehe) and I didn't like them quite as well as the second batch but they were still quite tasty! The second batch I added a little bit more liquid in the form of the melted ghee and mixed it up again, and then divided the dough into 1/8 instead of 1/4. I liked the texture of the smaller buns better. They were a little less dense and seemed to cook more evenly.

That's my two cents. Overall I truly loved the recipe and would recommend it highly. I am looking forward to trying different versions (chocolate anyone? or other spices? or herbs like mentioned in your post.)

I was also impressed by how easy the recipe actually is.

XOXO,
Hannah

Yes-I do experience both of those. I think the hol...

2009-12-13T16:13:32.562-07:00

Yes-I do experience both of those. I think the hollow feeling is because the dough is rising, creating pockets of air. And since there isn't gluten, they do break as I shape them. It takes a bit of fussing over them to make them look okay ;-) Hope they taste good for you! Can't wait to hear!

These are baking in the oven now :) DId you have ...

2009-12-13T11:27:02.496-07:00

These are baking in the oven now :)

DId you have any trouble with yours breaking? They started separating on the insides... getting hollow or something as I rolled them (weird!) and when I turned the rolls into curves, they would break apart some.

I did omit the raisins, use brown flaxmeal, yacon syrup instead of honey, cardamom instead of saffron because I had no saffron, and had to sub almost half of the tapioca with potato starch because I ran out of tapioca starch...

I'll let you know how they taste.

Thanks everyone! Rebecca, I suggest making a sing...

2009-12-11T14:15:46.086-07:00

Thanks everyone!

Rebecca, I suggest making a single batch at home first as a test.

I want to make this for a small classroom. I see t...

2009-12-11T13:52:29.569-07:00

I want to make this for a small classroom. I see the recipe only makes 4 buns. Am I better off making smaller buns, or doubling/tripling the recipe?

That is such a cute picture of your daughter!! I&#...

2009-12-10T14:18:15.163-07:00

That is such a cute picture of your daughter!! I'm always looking for new ideas to add to our Christmas traditions! This may be a new one! I've heard of St. Lucia before, but didn't know a lot about it! Nice post!

I must make these! My boyfriend's family is Fi...

2009-12-09T10:55:20.320-07:00

I must make these! My boyfriend's family is Finnish so I might just have to send a batch of these home with him for Yule. I know it's a tad late, but he won't be going home until after Santa Lucia's Day.

Side note, I went to a Montessori school and in elementary school we had a teacher who was amazing when it came to celebrating multicultural holidays. Every year in December for our Holiday party she would have the eldest girl in the class dress up as Santa Lucia and hand out cookies to all the younger children. We also had a Saint Nicholas (eldest boy) a black Peter...and a Befana. I wasn't the eldest, but I wanted in on it so in my 6th grade year (the year you could be picked for these) I petitioned the teacher to let me go around telling the story of the Christmas tree. I have never let rules get in my way ;-)

I am absolutely making these, probably on my daugh...

2009-12-08T11:31:51.190-07:00

I am absolutely making these, probably on my daughter's birthday which apparently falls on Saint Lucia Day. Cool. They look amazing. We are gluten free and dairy free but I have been avoiding baking (cause trying to go lower carb and/or grain free when we bake), so it's great to see these wonderful grain free recipes!!

Oh they look wonderful! We were privileged to att...

2009-12-07T17:32:40.937-07:00

Oh they look wonderful! We were privileged to attend a Santa Lucia celebration at the House of Sweden. It was an amazing evening. I will have to give your recipe a try.

What a great seasonal recipe ;). I'm part Germ...

2009-12-07T16:38:48.312-07:00

What a great seasonal recipe ;).
I'm part German - part French so thank you for reminding me of Santa Lucia!
I once read a beautiful tale/story written by Selma Lagerlof (from her "Book of Legends" (I translate from the french here))named "The Legend of Santa Lucia".
If you can get your hands on that book, I highly recommend it...It's like a compendium of fairy tales for grown ups (at least that's how I feel about it) ;).