Mama's Finnish Coffee Bread

Per serving

370.5kcal
9.2гProteins
7.9гFats
65.5гCarbs

mama never bought bread. she baked bread 3 times a week until she paissed away at the age of 96. this was her famous coffee bread recipe.she handed it down to me. i treasure it as i treasured her. i buy the already shelled cardamom seeds (not ground) and whisk them through a coffee bean grinder to crush them up. great sliced, toasted and buttered.

Ingredients

36 serv.
  • milk4 cups
  • butter1⁄2 lb
  • white sugar2 1⁄2 cups
  • beaten eggs6
  • salt2 teaspoons
  • cardamom seed1 tablespoon

    crushed

  • unbleached flour5 lbs
  • yeast3 packages
  • warm water1⁄2 cup
  • sugar1 pinch
  • egg1
  • sugar

    small amount, for glaze

Step-by-step instructions

  1. 1

    dissolve yeast in warm -not too hot- water with a small amount of sugar to feed the yeast. in a large pot,heat milk and butter until boiling. remove from heat and cool until lukewarm. beat eggs and sugar together. add salt, cardamom, flour and yeast mixture. kmead well on a floured surface. cover and let rise til double. separate dough into halves and then separate each half into 3 loaves.(6 loaves total) separate each loaf into 3 sections. roll each section between your hands into long tubular shapes. braid the 3 sections together and tuck ends. put loaves on a greased cookie sheet. let rise double again. bake at 325 for 15 minutes. remove from oven. brush top of loaves with a beaten egg mixed with a little sugar. sprinkle sugar over egg glaze. return to oven for 15 minutes more.

Source: food.com
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