— Desserts · Recipe
Easter Cardamom Bread
A Scandinavian-style braided sweet bread (pulla), warm with cardamom and finished with pearl sugar or sliced almonds.
- Time
- 30 min active + ~2 hr rise + 30 min bake
- Yields
- 1 loaf
- Pairs with
- Madagascar Green Cardamom
Ingredients
What you need.
- ¾ cup (180 ml) warm milk
- ¼ cup (50 g) sugar
- 2¼ tsp instant yeast
- Seeds from 8–10 Josie's Sweet Caviar cardamom pods (1 tsp ground)
- ¼ cup (55 g) melted butter
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- ⅛ tsp sea salt
- ¼ cup (45 g) pearl sugar or sliced almonds, for topping
- 3 – 3½ cups (380–440 g) all-purpose or bread flour ★
Method
How to make it.
- 01
Combine the warm milk, sugar and yeast in a bowl. Let sit 5 minutes until foamy.
- 02
Add the egg, melted butter, ground cardamom, salt and 3 cups of flour. Knead until a smooth, slightly tacky dough forms — adding flour by the spoonful only as needed.
- 03
Cover and rise in a warm spot until doubled, about 1 hour.
- 04
Punch down. Divide into 3 strands, braid, and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- 05
Cover and rise again, 30–40 minutes.
- 06
Brush with egg wash, scatter pearl sugar or sliced almonds, and bake at 175 °C (350 °F) for 25–30 minutes until deep golden.
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