Recipe – here’s how to bake genuine Swedish buns

Swedish Cardamom Buns

Step 1 – make the dough

Ingredients in the dough:

• 6 decilitres (dl) milk
• 225g butter at room temperature
• 50g fresh yeast
• 2.25 dl granulated sugar
• 2 tbspn of freshly ground green cardamom seeds
• 2 tspn ground cardamom
• 2 tspn salt
• 15–17 dl strong white flour
• 2 eggs

Do as follows:

1. Warm the milk to 37˚C with the cardamom.
2. Add the yeast and the other ingredients
3. Knead to a smooth, slightly wet dough
4. Let the dough double in size, covered with a damp cloth

Step 2 – shape the buns

Ingredients in the filling:

• 300g butter at room temperature
• 1 tbspn ground cinnamon
• 1.5 dl caster sugar
• 1 tbspn vanilla sugar
• 1 tbspn ground cardamom

Do as follows:

1. Mix together the filling ingredients
2. Roll out the dough onto a lightly floured board
3. Spread the filling on the dough
4. Form into your choice of bun shape (eg spirals or knots)
5. Let the buns rise about 45 minutes under a damp cloth

Step 3 – baking

Ingredients for the glaze:

• 2 eggs
• 1 tbspn milk

Do as follow:

1. Preheat the oven to 210˚C
2. Mix the egg and the milk for the glaze
3. Brush the buns with the glaze
4. Bake for around 5 minutes at 210˚C then sink the temperature to 200˚C and bake for a further 3 minutes or until the buns are golden brown.

Step 4 – decoration

Ingredients for the decoration:

• 1 dl water
• 2 tbspn syrup
• 1 tbspn honey
• 2 tbspn brown butter
• 1 dl granulated sugar
• 2 tspn ground cardamom

Do as follows:

1. Mix the water, syrup, honey and brown butter
2. Brush the mixture on the warm freshly baked buns
3. Mix the sugar and ground cardamom
4. Sprinkle the mixture over the buns
5. Delicious served with a glass of milk or a cup of freshly brewed coffee!