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Semlor (Cardamom Cream Buns) Recipe - NYT Cooking Cream Buns, Cream Bun, Salmon And Rice, Almond Paste, Nyt Cooking, Almond Cream, Bun Recipe, Confectioners Sugar, Baking Sheets

Following the Christian tradition of exhausting supplies of animal products, such as butter and eggs, before Lent, many Swedes enjoy cream-filled, cardamom-scented semlor on the final day before fasting. “We Swedes call Mardi Gras ‘Semmeldagen’ or ‘Semlor Day,’” explained Ingrid Schatz, who serves this recipe at her Swedish-focused Axelsdotter Bakery, in Richmond, Va. She uses a blend of both fine and coarsely ground cardamom, which gives more concentrated bursts of cardamom flavor, but you…

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The Semla, three recipes | Swedes in the States Swedish Sandwich, Celebration Food, Cream Bun, Swedish Food, Types Of Sandwiches, Meatball Sandwich, Chocolate Mud Cake, Sweet Buns, Scandinavian Food

The semla is the most popular pastry in Sweden during January and February. As we previously mentioned in our article about the history of the semla, over 40 million semlor are bought in Sweden every year. So you can imagine how crazy the Swedes are about this sweet little bun. What simply started out as a bun, soaked in hot milk, grew into a yearly craze among the Swedes with bakeries all around Sweden trying to create different varieties of the pastry.

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