Fastelavn buns

Norwegian Mothersday and Fastelavn fell on the same sunday this year.

Fastelavn comes from the low german word vastel-avent, evening before Lent and it is the name commonly used for Carnival in the scandinavian countries. Fastelavn evolved from the Roman Catholic tradition of celebrating the days before Lent, but since the scandinavian countries became Protestant, the holiday became less specifically religious. This holiday occurs seven weeks before Easter Sunday and is sometimes described as a Nordic Halloween, children dressing up in costumes and gather treats for the Fastelavn feast. The holiday is generally considered to be a time for children's fun and family games. The Cat in the Sac is often played and is a nordic version of a Piñata.

I got a tip to boil the milk and let it cool to make the fluffiest buns, 

2 cups milk

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

1,5 tps active dry yeast

1/2 tps salt

4 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp finly ground cardamom

Strawberry purée

1 cup whipping cream

Fresh strawberries

Boil milk, sugar and butter and let it cool to bodytemperature, add the rest of the ingredients and knead the dough till it is soft and plyable. Coover the dough and let it rise to atleast double the size.

This dough gave me about 24 buns 

I placed them om trays lined with baking paper and let them rice again for about 20 minutes.

Baked them in the middle of the oven between 10-15 minutes, until golden on 200 degrees Celsius about 400 F. Let the buns cool on a wire rack.

Whip the cream, cut the buns in half and add some whipped cream,

cut strawberries and purée, then put the top back on and dust with icing sugar.

My youngest daughter made this one

and it was yummy:)

Enjoy:)