Sweet Cardamom Bread
Serves
6
Total Time
3hrs 45mins
Calories
385
Based on a traditional Finnish pulla recipe, this bread delivers a gentle cardamom flavor. It also makes heavenly french toast or bread pudding.
- Milk
170 g (about ¾ cup)warm
- Granulated sugar
65 g (about ¼ cup)
- Ground cardamom
2 teaspoons (about 4 g)
- Active dried yeast
7 g (about 1 ¾ teaspoons)
- Egg
1 (about 50 g)
- Plain flour
400 g (about 3 cups)
- Salt
2 g (about ⅜ teaspoon)
- Unsalted butter
45 g (about 3 ⅛ tablespoons)softened
- Heavy cream
15 g (about 1 tablespoon)
- Egg yolk
1 (about 20 g)
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Add milk, granulated sugar, ground cardamom and active dried yeast to a clean large mixing bowl
- 2. Mix briefly until combined
- 3. Let rest - 10 min
- 4. Add egg to the dough
- 5. Mix until combined
- 6. Add plain flour and salt to the dough
- 7. Mix until dough forms - paddle attachment
- 8. Knead - 2 min, dough hook
- 9. Add unsalted butter to a clean small bowl
- 10. Transfer content of small bowl to dough bit by bit while mixing
- 11. Transfer dough to medium bowl and cover
- 12. Let rise until doubled - 30 min
- 13. Punch down and cover
- 14. Let rise until doubled - 30 min
- 15. Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
- 16. Turn out large mixing bowl on lightly-floured surface
- 17. Roll out into logs
- 18. Plait content of large mixing bowl on baking sheet and cover
- 19. Let rise until springy to touch - 30 min
- 20. Pre-heat oven - 191°C
- 21. Add ground cardamom, heavy cream and egg yolk to a clean small bowl
- 22. Whisk together
- 23. Brush until coated
- 24. Bake until golden brown - 20 min, 191°C
- 25. Serve
METHOD
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