Description
A delicious Finnish bread recipe
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 pkt dry yeast (about 7 to 8 gms)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt (can skip if you use salted butter)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tsp crushed cardamom seeds
- 4–5 cups flour (all purpose)
- 1 stick melted unsalted butter
- 1 egg mixed with a bit of water for egg wash
- for filling-
- 2–3 tbsp softened butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
Instructions
- Heat milk till it is lukewarm.
- Pour milk into large bowl and stir in the yeast.
- Allow the yeast to awaken and let it sit for about 7 minutes.
- Add egg, crushed cardamom, sugar and salt and whisk till they are incorporated.
- Stir in about 1 cup of flour, melted butter and whisk into a batter.
- Add the rest of the flour.
- Knead for about 10 minutes with your hands on a lightly floured surface. (If it is too sticky, add a bit of flour).
- The kneaded dough should be springy to touch.
- Place the dough in a bowl and cover bowl with cling wrap/ towel and let it rise in a warm place for about 1 to 1 ½ hours.
- In the meanwhile, mix the filling ingredients together.
- Once your dough has risen and doubled in size, knock the air out and Knead it gently for a couple of minutes on a lightly floured surface.
- Roll the dough into a oblong or an oval shape with a roller on a parchment paper.
- with the help of a pizza cutter, make slanting cuts along both sides (be careful not to cut deep as we need the space in middle for the filling)
- Just ensure that the strips you cut are equal in number on both sides and are of the same length on both sides.
- Spread the filling in middle.
- Leaving the end closest to the filling attached, start braiding the strips over the filling tucking in the loose ends.
- Tuck the end and pinch the dough to seal it off.
- Cover with dish towel and let it sit at least 15 minutes to rise again before baking it.
- About 5 minutes before baking, give it a quick egg wash.
- Bake them at 200 degree celsius for about 15-20 minutes on a preheated oven.
- Enjoy with a cuppa steaming coffee.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 mins