Swedish Cardamom Twist

Preparation info
  • 1

    Loaf
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Cooking with Spice

By Jennifer Newens

Published 2013

  • About

Cardamom is to Swedish baked goods what cinnamon is to desserts in North America. In Sweden, you see cardamom in nearly every sugary treat. Here, the spice is kneaded into a sweet yeast dough braided around a cinnamon-flecked filling. Serve it as part of a company brunch.

Ingredients

  • 10 cardamom pods
  • ½ cup (4 fl oz/125 ml)

Method

Gently crack cardamom pods with side of a chef’s knife. Remove seeds and discard pods. In a mortar, spice grinder, or coffee mill reserved for spices, Crush with a pestle or grind to a coarse powder.

In a saucepan, combine ½ cup (4