Mama's Finnish Coffee Bread

Name: Mama's Finnish Coffee Bread
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 6 loaves, 36 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 cups milk; 1/2 lb butter; 2 1/2 cups white sugar; 6 beaten eggs; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 tablespoon cardamom seed, crushed; 5 lbs unbleached flour; 3 (1/4 ounce) packages yeast, 3-4 pkg, in; 1/2 cup warm water, with; 1 pinch sugar; 1 egg, with; sugar, small amount, for glaze

Submitted by tina rose

"mama never bought bread. she baked bread 3 times a week until she paissed away at the age of 96. this was her famous coffee bread recipe.she handed it down to me. i treasure it as i treasured her. i buy the already shelled cardamom seeds (not ground) and whisk them through a coffee bean grinder to crush them up. great sliced, toasted and buttered."

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ingredients

4 cups milk
¹⁄₂ lb butter
2 ¹⁄₂ cups white sugar
6 beaten eggs
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon cardamom seed, crushed
5 lbs unbleached flour
3 (1/4 ounce) packages yeast, 3-4 pkg, in
¹⁄₂ cup warm water, with
1 pinch sugar
1 egg, with
sugar, small amount, for glaze

directions

dissolve yeast in warm -not too hot- water with a small amount of sugar to feed the yeast. in a large pot,heat milk and butter until boiling. remove from heat and cool until lukewarm. beat eggs and sugar together. add salt, cardamom, flour and yeast mixture. kmead well on a floured surface. cover and let rise til double. separate dough into halves and then separate each half into 3 loaves.(6 loaves total) separate each loaf into 3 sections. roll each section between your hands into long tubular shapes. braid the 3 sections together and tuck ends. put loaves on a greased cookie sheet. let rise double again. bake at 325 for 15 minutes. remove from oven. brush top of loaves with a beaten egg mixed with a little sugar. sprinkle sugar over egg glaze. return to oven for 15 minutes more.

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creation by tina rose

6/12/2008

mama never bought bread. she baked bread 3 times a week until she paissed away at the age of 96. this was her famous coffee bread recipe.she handed it down to me. i treasure it as i treasured her. i buy the already shelled cardamom seeds (not ground) and whisk them through a coffee bean grinder to crush them up. great sliced, toasted and buttered.