Name: Cardamom Breakfast Buns
Yield: Makes 12 buns
Ingredients: ¼ cup butter; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 4½ to 5 cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup raisins; 1 large egg, beaten; Swedish pearl sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ cup sugar; 1 (¼ ounce) pkg active dry yeast; ¼ cup warm water (105° to 115° F.); 1 cup 2% milk

Preparation info

Makes
12
buns

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Scandinavian Classic Baking

By Pat Sinclair

Published 2011

About

Swedish pearl sugar can be found in most supermarkets in the bakingsection oryou can sprinkle the buns with granulated sugar. Especially for these buns, I recommend grinding fresh cardamom seeds for their unique flavor. All of the Scandinavian countries have a version of these.

Ingredients

1 cup 2% milk
½ cup sugar
¼ cup

Method

Combine the milk, sugar, butter and salt in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat until small bubbles form on the side of the pan, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool to 115° F. The butter doesn’t need to be melted. Pour into the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer. Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water and let stand 5 minutes until the yeast is dissolved.

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