Cooking in progress....

• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Scandinavian >> Finnish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl. | 2. Stir in milk, sugar, salt, cardamom, 4 eggs, and 2 cups of flour. | 3. Stir until dough is smooth. | 4. Add 3 cups of flour and stir well. | 5. Stir in melted butter or margarine. | 6. Stir in 2-3 cups more flour or until you have a stiff dough. | 7. Turn dough out onto a floured bread board and cover with inverted bowl. | 8. Let rest for 15 minutes. | 9. Knead dough until smooth and satiny (8-10 minutes). | 10. Place dough in large lightly greased bowl, turning to grease top. | 11. Cover with plastic wrap and/or towel. | 12. Let dough rise in a warm place until doubled (1-2 hours). | 13. Punch dough down. | 14. Let dough rise again until almost double (30 minutes- 1 hour). | 15. Turn out onto floured board. | 16. Divide dough into thirds, working with only one third at a time. | 17. Divide (one- third of dough) into three parts. | 18. With your hands roll each part into one 18"strand. | 19. Braid the three stands together to form one braid, tucking ends under. | 20. Place on lightly greased cookie sheet. | 21. Let rise 20-30 minutes until puffy. | 22. Repeat with other two parts (each one-third of original dough). | 23. You will have three braids when finished. | 24. Brush braids with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar. | 25. Bake in 400°F oven for 20-30 minutes or until braids are light brown. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
active yeast	1	package		-	-	-	-
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
milk	2	cups	scalded	1104.0	26.592	10.992	114.432
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cardamom pod	8 -12		seeded crushed	-	-	-	-
egg	5		beaten divided	357.5	1.8	31.4	23.775
flour	8 -10	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	1/2	cup	melted	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
sugar	1/4	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0

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