Breakfast

Mosbolletjies

Name: Mosbolletjies
Total time: 5h
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 1 kg cake flour; 250 ml sugar; 10 g instant yeast; 10 g anise seed; 500 ml warm milk; 150 g butter, melted; 2 eggs; 1 tsp salt

Cape Dutch sweet aniseed buns leavened traditionally with grape must — pulled apart warm with butter and coffee at breakfast.

5h 12 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 1 kg cake flour
• 250 ml sugar
• 10 g instant yeast
• 10 g anise seed
• 500 ml warm milk
• 150 g butter, melted
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp salt

Method

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Bloom yeast in warm milk with a pinch of sugar 10 min.

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1
Bloom yeast in warm milk with a pinch of sugar 10 min.
2
Rub flour, sugar, anise and salt; add milk, eggs and butter to a soft dough.
3
Prove 2 h until doubled; shape into small balls tight in a tin.
4
Prove 1 h; bake 180°C for 30 min golden.
5
Brush with sugar syrup while hot.