Finnish Coffee Bread

Name: Finnish Coffee Bread
Ingredients: 6 to 7 c. sifted flour; 1 egg (room temperature); 2 c. warm water (110 to 115°); 2 pkgs. active dry yeast; ½ tsp. ground cardamom; ⅓ c. sugar; 2 tsp. salt; ¼ c. soft butter or shortening; ¼ c. soft butter or shortening; Thin Confectioners Sugar Icing

Preparation info

Makes
2
loaves

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

You can divide dough and make 1 coffee bread and 1 plain round loaf

Ingredients

2 pkgs. active dry yeast
2 c. warm water (110 to 115°)
1 egg (room temperature)

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Sprinkle yeast on warm water; stir to dissolve.
Blend in egg, 3 c. flour, cardamom, sugar and salt. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed about 2 minutes (or about 100 strokes by hand), until batter is smooth. Add butter and enough remaining flour, a little at a time, first with spoon and then with hand, to make a fairly soft dough that leaves the sides of bow