Kavring (Small Sugar Rusks)

From a little Norwegian Recipes book of mine. Sorry about the oven temperatures! But, I believe a hot oven is 425 degrees, moderate is 350, and slow is 325.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 1 batch

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  cup  rich milk
• 1  egg
• 4  teaspoons baking powder
• 5 3⁄4 cups flour
• 10  cardamom seeds, crushed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add slightly beaten egg, then the milk and lastly, the dry ingredients which have been sifted together- Stir as little as possible.
3. turn dough out onto floured board, shape into small buns and bake about 10 minutes in a hot oven.
4. When done, cut each roll in half and return to oven.
5. Bake in a slow oven until brown.