Swedish Cardamom Bread

I visited Pippi Longstocking's house, where she fried eggs and cooked pepperkakor cookies, as small children scrambled in and out of its jungle gym rooms. A short while later, I continued my househunting after timetravelling to see ancient Scandinavian wooden or straw house structures

inside Skansen park, (http://www.skansen.se/en/grid/countryside) or an ancient shipwreck at the Vasa Museet, which I followed with a trip on a boat in front of the Royal Palace, where Nobel Prizes have been presented year after year. After a piece of light green Princess Cake, I walked down the cobblestone streets of the magnificent Gamla Stan, a medieval center, where crowds would celebrate the midsummer night that very same evening. 

History

This milky bread is traditionally served during Christmastime. 

Recipe

1 tablespoon yeast

1/4 cup water (110 to 115 degrees C)

1 1/4 cup milk, warm

1/2 cup butter, soft

1/3 cup sugar

3 yolks

2 1/2 teaspoons cardamom

1/8 teaspoon salt

5-5 1/2 cups flour

Knead dough 8 minutes. Let it rise for one hour; divide it in half then in three parts. Roll each part into a 16-inch rope. Then braid three ropes together. Cover. Rise until doubled 45 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Cut each loaf into 12 slices. 175 cal, 1 g fiber.

Filling

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1/4 cup pecans, chopped

2 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

Cover the bread with the nut filling.

References

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/swedish_coffee_bread/

http://thisweekfordinner.com/2009/12/30/vetebrod-swedish-cardamom-bread/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardamom_bread

http://www.momsway.com/2012/07/12/top-ten-places-to-visit-in-stockholm-sweden/