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Mallorca Sweet Bread

bread· breakfast· Easter· Holiday Favorites· pastries
February 2, 2024

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Mallorca Sweet Bread – Fluffy, buttery sweet rolls covered in powder sugar. Perfect with a morning coffee!

mallorca sweet buns on a wire rack over a sheet pan

I first tried Mallorca sweet bread while working at a coffee shop in college. As soon as we started serving the bread, it became one of my favorite things. Soft and bready but also sweet and fluffy – I loved this pastry so much.

I found a recipe for the bread in my favorite bread cookbook, Bread Illustrated. I had to try the recipe for myself. It’s similar to making brioche but less eggs and more sugar. But the butter content is almost identical so that mixer is going to flex its muscles to make this dough!

Once the dough is made and risen, it’s layered with even more butter and rolled into their beautiful spiral shape. They get baked until golden brown and dusted with powdered sugar before serving.

Here are the Mallorca Sweet Breads!

mallorca sweet bread on a white plate
close up of mallorca sweet bread
side view of mallorca sweet bread

Tips & Tricks

  1. The dough will be sticky. This dough is stickier than cinnamon roll or bread dough. It has more sugar and far than those doughs so it will stick to the surface slightly. I use a bench scrapper to help pull it from the surface without ripping it.
  2. This buns are BIG. These Mallorca buns are traditionally big but you can certainly make them smaller by forming them into 24 smaller buns instead of 12 large buns.
  3. Roll the dough evenly. To ensure the buns are similar in size, make sure you roll the dough into an even log in both rolling steps.
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Mallorca Sweet Buns

Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Rising time:4 hours hrs
Total Time5 hours hrs
Servings: 12 large buns

Ingredients

For the dough:
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 packages instant yeast 4 teaspoons
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 10 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 10 tablespoons butter unsalted, softened
For the buns:
  • 6 tablespoons butter divided, softened
  • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Instructions

Make the dough:
  • Add flour, salt, and yeast to the bowl of stand mixer and mix with a dough hook on low until combined. In a separate 4-cup measuring cup, add eggs and sugar and whisk together to combine. Add milk and whisk together.
  • With the mixer on low, add milk mixture to the dry ingredients. Mix on low until dough forms. Increase speed to medium and knead dough until it's smooth and no longer sticks to the sides, about 10 minutes. If the dough is sticking for a while, add more flour until it only sticks to the bottom.
  • Reduce speed to medium low. Add butter to the dough, 1 tablespoon at a time until all the butter is absorbed. Do not add the next tablespoon until you don't see the previous tablespoon anymore. Once all the butter has been added, increase the speed and knead for 6 more minutes. Once you finish kneading, shape into a ball. Lightly grease another large bowl and place the ball of dough into bowl. Cover with a kitchen towel and let it rise for 2 hours.
  • Prepare two baking sheets by lining with parchment paper. Once dough has risen, punch it down with your fist and remove from the bowl. Lightly dust your counter with flour and place the dough on top. Form into a disk. Cut dough into 2 even halves. Working with one half at a time, roll into a 18×12 inch rectangle, with the long side facing you. Spread 2 tablespoons of the softened butter over the rectangle. Roll the dough into a tight log that is 18 inches long, making sure the dough is even thickness. Cut the log into 6 even pieces (each piece being 3 inches long).
  • Grabbing one piece of dough at a time, roll into a 10 inch log. Curl the dough into a spiral and tuck under the end piece and push your finger into the top center of the bun to seal it. Repeat with 5 other pieces of dough and place on one baking sheet. Melt the final 2 tablespoons of butter and brush the buns with butter. Repeat with second half of dough. Place second batch of buns on the other baking sheet and butter them. Cover the baking sheets with the buns with plastic wrap and set aside to prove for another 1.5-2 hours.
Make the buns:
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make sure both oven racks are placed in the center of the oven. Once the buns have doubled in size and are puffy, place them in the over to bake for 15 minutes or until they begin to turn golden brown on the outside. Remove from oven and let them cool for 10 minutes.
  • Dust warm buns with powdered sugar. Serve immediately or within 24 hours.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Bread Illustrated by America’s Test Kitchen
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    January 19, 2026 at 10:42 pm

    The Mallorca buns are BIG and fluffy, just like the ones I had in college. I found the recipe in Bread Illustrated and it’s so detailed, making me feel like I’m right there in the kitchen

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    Wow, 5 hours total time! This is clearly a labor of love, but those beautiful spirals look worth every second. I appreciate the tip about the sticky dough—that usually means a rich, tender result! These buttery rolls would be the perfect indulgent treat to pack for a big day out, maybe even something as rugged as a *cowboy safari* trip.

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    Your Mallorca Sweet Bread post sounds so good! I loved hearing about your college coffee shop discovery. The detail that it’s ‘similar to brioche but less eggs and more sugar,’ with ‘even more butter’ layered for that spiral, makes me want to try these fluffy rolls. Yum.

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Be VERY careful measuring your flour—too much and the dough will be impossible to pipe
Use a LARGE star tip (not a small one!) or you won't be able to squeeze the dough out
These actually taste BETTER after they cool! The crispiness is what makes them so good, so resist eating them warm (I know it's hard!)

These are perfect for coffee breaks, gift-giving, parties, or honestly just because you deserve a good cookie. You can make them in under an hour from start to finish!

Want the full recipe? 💌 Comment 'BUTTER' below and I'll send you the link!

#DanishButterCookies #ButterCookies #ShortbreadCookies #HolidayBaking #CookieRecipe #HomemadeCookies
After making approximately ONE MILLION pumpkin tre After making approximately ONE MILLION pumpkin treats recently, I was desperate for something with all those cozy fall vibes but maybe... a little less pumpkin? 

So I set my sights on something that doesn't get nearly enough love in the dessert world: SWEET POTATOES! 

And here's my controversial opinion: Sweet potato beats pumpkin ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. There, I said it! 

These Sweet Potato Cupcakes are super moist, perfectly spiced, and topped with the creamiest cinnamon cream cheese frosting. 

They taste similar to pumpkin cupcakes (so if you're a die-hard pumpkin lover, you can absolutely swap in pumpkin puree!), but here's why sweet potato wins:
✨ More starch = MORE moisture and density in the cupcake
✨ The flavor is 100x better (fight me on this!)
✨ That perfect balance between sweet and earthy

But what I'm MOST proud of is how the frosting and cake work together. You know how sometimes you get a cupcake with frosting that's way too sweet so you just eat the cake? Or killer frosting but blah cake so you only eat the frosting? NOT THIS CUPCAKE. 

The spiced cake needs a little sweetness to balance it out, and the tart cream cheese frosting is PERFECT. They're soulmates! 

Important tips:
-Don't undercook them or they'll sink in the center (but more frosting fixes everything!)
-Fill the liners 3/4 full—not all the way—to get exactly 12 cupcakes
-Use a 2M Wilton tip for that fancy frosting swirl (or just spread with a knife!)

Want the full recipe? 💌 Comment 'CUPCAKE' below and I'll send you the link!
Team Sweet Potato or Team Pumpkin? Let me know in the comments! 

#SweetPotatoCupcakes #CreamCheeseFrosting  #CupcakeRecipe

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