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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Scandinavian >> Swedish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Mix yeast and lukewarm water in a large bowl to proof and set aside. | 2. Scald milk in a large saucepan. Add butter, sugar, salt, and cardamom to milk and cool to lukewarm. Once milk is lukewarm, add to yeast mixture. | 3. Add eggs and mix well. | 4. Add half the flour, mix, add remainder, mix and knead on floured board until smooth and satiny. | 5. Place in lightly buttered bowl, turning over once to coat with shortening. Cover with thin towel. Let rise in warm place until double. | 6. Punch down and form braids on greased baking sheet. (Divide in 2, then each half in 3, then each of these in 3 . Braid 3 portions together. Total 6 short loaves.). | 7. Let rise and bake until golden and springs back when thumped. | 8. No temp given, but we assume 350 and about 25 minutes to bake. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
yeast	3	packages		-	-	-	-
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
milk	2	cups		297.68	23.3264	15.372	15.9576
butter	1	cup		1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cardamom	1	teaspoon	ground	6.22	1.3694	0.2152	0.134
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
flour	8	cups		4626.24	1012.8432	75.208	17.9488

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.