Cardamom buns from The Year of Miracles: Recipes to Save Your Life (page 25) by Ella Risbridger

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  • eleanor_a29a0o on April 11, 2026

    Sensational. So worth the effort.

  • HeritageHarvests on January 04, 2026

    As another reviewer wrote, add the teaspoon of ground cinnamon in the dough ingredients list to the flour mixture before adding the milk and butter mixture to the dry ingredients. (This is not mentioned in the recipe.) I have made this recipe several times now, and choose to leave out the saffron as it only adds colour (not flavour) and is expensive. I also don't do the sugar glaze recommended, as this is too sweet for me; I prefer to beat an egg and glaze the buns with this before baking. My baking time is closer to 16 minutes than 8. Tasty and easy.

  • SpatulaCity on January 01, 2025

    Nice and easy buns. The recipe doesn’t say when to add the 1ts of cinnamon to the buns - I added to the milk but should have added straight into the dough with the salt and flour. I wish there was a volume measurement for the amount of cardamom to add to the dough. She calls for 12 pods, but pods vary in size and my buns wound up being a bit too cardamom heavy. After 8 minutes my buns were not quite finished - I turned the temp down to 375 and finished for a few more minutes

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