Bollos sevillanos are traditional Andalusian sweets made from a sweet bread dough with a touch of anise, baked until soft and fluffy. Here’s a simple recipe to make them at home.
Recipe · Bread
Sevillian sweet buns (bollos sevillanos)
- 9 ingredients
- 10 steps
Ingredients
- 500 g wheat flour
- 10 g dry yeast
- 100 g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 125 ml warm milk
- 125 ml mild olive oil
- 2 tablespoons anise liqueur
- A pinch of salt
- Powdered sugar, for dusting
Step-by-step preparation
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, dry yeast, sugar and salt.
- Add the eggs, warm milk, olive oil and anise and mix until a soft dough forms.
- Knead the dough for a few minutes until smooth and elastic.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover with a kitchen towel and let it rise for 1–2 hours at room temperature, until doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
- Grease a baking tray with olive oil.
- Once risen, shape the dough into balls about the size of a golf ball and place them on the tray, leaving space between them.
- Cover the tray with a kitchen towel and let them rest for another 30 minutes.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15–20 minutes, until golden and cooked through.
- Take the buns out of the oven and let them cool before dusting with powdered sugar.
Enjoy your homemade bollos sevillanos! They’re perfect with afternoon coffee or tea, or as a dessert after a meal. You can also add dried fruit or nuts to the dough for a different flavor.