Swedish Cardamom Rolls

By es123

Ingredients

• For dough:
• 1 1/4 cups warm water (105°F.)
• 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
• two 1/4-ounce packages active dry yeast (5 teaspoons total)
• 3 large eggs beaten lightly
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 cup powdered nonfat dry milk
• 5 to 6 cups all-purpose flour
• For filling:
• 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons cardamom seeds, ground
• egg wash:
• made by beating 1 large egg with 2 tablespoons water

Details

Servings 15

Preparation

Step 1

Make dough:

In a large bowl combine water, butter, and sugar. Sprinkle yeast over mixture and let stand 5 minutes, or until foamy. Stir in eggs, salt and dry milk until combined. With a wooden spoon stir in 5 sups flour, 1 cup at a time, and stir mixture until a dough is formed.

On a floured surface, knead dough about 10 minutes, adding enough of the remaining 1 cup flour to make dough smooth and elastic. Put dough in a lightly oiled bowl, turning to coat, and let rise, covered with plastic wrap, in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

Punch down dough and on floured surface with a floured rolling pin roll into a 15- by 20-inch rectangle. Spread butter over dough and sprinkle with granulated sugar, cinnamon and cardamom.

With a long side facing you, roll up dough jelly-roll fashion and cut crosswise into approximately 1 1/2-inch-thick slices with a cut side down. Working with 1 slice at a time gently twist opposite ends of slice around twice to form a figure eight. Crimp ends together. Arrange rolls, a swirled side up, on a buttered baking sheet about 2 inches apart and let rise in a warm place until increased 1 1/2 times in bulk, about 1 hour.

Option 2: Roll the dough lengthwise to make a log. Beginning at the top of the log use clean kitchen scissors and snip about 3/4 of the way into the log every inch. Begin at the top of the log to "Flower" out each snipped piece, laying each piece left, then right. It will almost look braided on the cookie sheet.

While rolls are rising, preheat oven to 350F.

Brush tops of rolls with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar. Bake rolls in middle of oven until tops are pale golden, about 25 minutes.