Finnish Pulla

Name: Finnish Pulla
Prep time: 3 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Nordic, Scandinavian, European
Ingredients: 7 grams package active dry yeast; 118 milliliters butter, melted; 1 egg, beaten; 4 eggs, beaten; 2 liters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 473 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoon salt; 118 milliliters warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C); 2 Tbsps white sugar

Finnish Pulla might be a good recipe to expand your main course collection. One serving contains 1881 calories, 54g of protein, and 47g of fat. This vegetarian recipe serves 3. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 20 minutes. This recipe is typical of Scandinavian cuisine. If you have salt, butter, ground cardamom, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert.

Instructions

Warm the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles, then remove from heat.

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Milk

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Sauce Pan

Let cool until lukewarm.

Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Stir in the lukewarm milk, sugar, salt, cardamom, 4 eggs, and enough flour to make a batter (approximately 2 cups). Beat until the dough is smooth and elastic.

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Cardamom

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Yeast

Egg

Milk

Salt

Add about 3 cups of the flour and beat well; the dough should be smooth and glossy in appearance.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Add the melted butter or margarine, and stir well. Beat again until the dough looks glossy. Stir in the remaining flour until the dough is stiff.

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Butter

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All Purpose Flour

Turn out of bowl onto a floured surface, cover with an inverted mixing bowl, and let rest for 15 minutes. Knead the dough until smooth and satiny.

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Dough

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Mixing Bowl

Place in a lightly greased mixing bowl, and turn the dough to grease the top. Cover with a clean dishtowel.

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Dough

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Let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. Punch down, and let rise again until almost doubled.

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Punch

Turn out again on to a floured surface, and divide into 3 parts. Divide each third into 3 again.

Roll each piece into a 12 to 16 inch strip. Braid 3 strips into a loaf. You should get 3 large braided loaves. Lift the braids onto greased baking sheets.

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Roll