Swedish Cinnamon & Cardamon Buns

Ingredients

1 ¼ cup warm water 110 degrees
6 tbs butter melted
6 tbs sugar
4 ½ tsp active dry yeast
3 eggs beaten lightly
½ cup milk
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp cardamon
5-6 cups flour

Filling

1 stick butter softened
¼ cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp cardamon

Egg Wash

1 egg
1 tbs milk
sugar for sprinkling on top

Instructions

In a your stand mixer, add the warm water (110 degrees max) melted butter, and yeast. Let that sit for about 5 minutes, until the yeast gets bubbly!
Then add the eggs, milk and salt and stir with a spoon so everything is mixed. Add the 5 cups of flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing between. Knead in a mixer for 5 minutes, or by hand for about 10-12, until the dough is elastic.
Shape into a ball and let rise for an hour
Take the dough onto a floured surface, and roll it into a rectangle that is about 15 inches by 20 inches.
Spread butter, then dust with sugar, cinnamon, cardamon mixture and use your rolling pin over the sugar so it is pressed into the dough.
Fold the short end 1/3 of the way over, then fold the other end on top of that one.
Roll until this rectangle is 10x12 inches. and make the strips a little less than an inch thick.
Roll the strips into the Swedish buns, this is a really great video I found to help me roll them properly!
Place the rolls on a baking sheet, and let them rise again until they have doubled in size, usually about another hour.
Make the egg and milk wash and brush over the buns.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, until they are golden on the outside.

Notes

A great place to rise bread is in your car! It doesn't even have to be a warm day. It was 65 degrees at my house the other day and these buns loved the inside of my car!