Swedish Cinnamon & Cardamon Buns
Delicious buns with flavors of warm cinnamon, and bright cardamon spice rolled together in a flavorful, layered, bun.
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!