Sally M's Swedish Coffee Bread
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Ready In: 4 hrs 30 mins
Serves: 8
Yields: 2 loaves
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 2 (1/4ounce) packages active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon crushed cardamom or 6 whole cardamom seeds, crushed
- 4 1⁄2-5 cups flour
Directions
- Combine milk and butter in a saucepan and heat until lukewarm (105-115F). Pour into mixing bowl.
- Add eggs, sugar, salt, yeast, cardomon and 1 cup flour.
- Beat for 2 minutes with electric mixer.
- Gradually add flour, stirring by hand until the dough no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl.
- Place dough on a floured board and knead for 8-10 minutes.
- Transfer to a greased bowl and allow to rise until doubled in size.
- Punch dough down and divide in half then divide each half into 3 pieces.
- Roll each piece into a rope and create two braided loaves, each with three pieces.
- Place loaves in two greased bread pans, brush tops with melted butter and sprinkle with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Allow loaves to rise until doubled.
- Bake in oven, approximately 30 minutes.
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