Very traditional and famous Danish carrot buns. They are perfect for breakfast, lunch or maybe as a sidedish for dinner. They are moist, filling and super delicious.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr50 minutesmins
Total Time2 hourshrs20 minutesmins
Course: Bread
Cuisine: Danish
Servings: 24buns
Ingredients
50gfresh yeast (2 oz)
5.5dlwaterlukewarm
80gsunflower seeds
2tspsugar
2tbspvegetable oil
250gcarrots
1000gall-purpose flour
2tspsalt
extra sunflower seeds for decoration
Instructions
In a large bowl, dissolve the fresh yeast. If you are using dry yeast then add this in the step together with the flour.
Add the rest of the ingredients and knead everything into a nice and smooth dough.
Cover the bowl with a clean dish towel and set it aside to rise. Let it rise for one hour.
Divide the dough into 24 pieces and make them into nice buns. Place the buns on a parchment paper covered oven plate.
Let the buns rise for another 30 minutes.
Gently brush the buns will a beaten egg and sprinkle them with some extra sunflower seeds.
In a 210 C (410 F) hot oven, bake the buns for about 20 minutes.
Notes
Let the buns cool off a little before serving them with cold butter, homemade jam or slices of cheese.