🇫🇮 Finnish Cuisine

Pulla

Cardamom Bread

Prep Time 2 hours
Servings 12
Difficulty Medium
Calories 256 kcal

A golden braided Finnish sweet bread perfumed with cardamom, brushed with egg wash and topped with pearl sugar.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix flour, sugar, cardamom, yeast, and salt. Add warm milk, melted butter, and egg. Knead 10 min until smooth.
  2. 2 Cover and let rise 1 hour in a warm place until doubled.
  3. 3 Divide dough into 3 equal pieces. Roll each into a long rope. Braid the three ropes together.
  4. 4 Place braid on a baking sheet. Cover and let rise 30 min.
  5. 5 Brush with egg wash and sprinkle generously with pearl sugar.
  6. 6 Bake at 200°C for 20-25 min until deep golden. Cool on a rack.

Did You Know?

Finland consumes more cardamom per capita than any country outside the Middle East, almost entirely because of pulla.