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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 250 ml milk
  • 90 g sugar
  • ½ cube of yeast or 1 packet of dry yeast
  • 500 g flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tbsp cardamom
  • 1 egg(s)
  • Cinnamon sugar (granulated sugar-cinnamon mixture

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 10 minutes

Finnish Christmas rolls; simple yeast pastries that are a must for every Finn

Warm the milk to room temperature, add the sugar, and stir in the yeast. Place the flour in a bowl and mix with the yeast milk, salt, cardamom, and egg. Knead the dough into a yeast dough. Let the dough rise for about 1 hour. Knead again, then form round rolls (pulla) and cover and let rise again on a baking sheet. Brush with egg, sprinkle with the sugar and cinnamon mixture, and then bake at 220°C for 15-20 minutes on the middle rack. Enjoy!

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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