Cardamom bread

You are in for a treat, when you bake my authentic braided Swedish cardamom bread. It is sweet, so it can be eaten for breakfast or dessert.

This Cardamom Bread recipe for a bread machine is a braided, sweet, and rich yeast bread spiced with cardamom. It's a winner!

Swedish Braided Cardamom Bread is a traditional holiday loaf that's a delicious enriched dough that's topped with pearl sugar.

Finnish Cardamom Pulla Bread - A light and delicious loaf of Finnish cardamom bread! This cardamom bread dough braided into a beautiful loaf and topped with a cardamom wash and almonds. Perfect topped with butter or jam for Easter breakfast or weekend brunch!

This recipe is from one of my mother's sisters, my Aunt Linda, who had married into a Finnish family. The word pulla technically just means "buns" but often refers to this somewhat sweet, rich bread, also known as Kahvileipä (coffee bread), or even just nisu (wheat). I've been making it since I was quite young, and no longer have any sense of how close my recipe, with my penchant for adjusting things, has remained. It scores big points with every Scandinavian I've fed it to, though…

Orange Cardamom Bread is a warmly spiced Fall loaf cake bursting with citrus flavor! The secret is my famous orange sugar!

The wonderful aroma of this Cardamom Bread as it bakes immediately transports me to a cozy Scandinavian kitchen. Add some brewing coffee to the mix and your house will smell unbelievable. I really wish I could bottle it up. Cardamom is not a commonly used spice here in the United States but it is prevalent in Indian cooking and Scandinavian baking. This Cardamom Bread is made with a lightly sweetened dough containing eggs, milk and butter and I find the texture of it reminiscent of Challah…

Take a classic favorite to the next level with a hint of cardamom. This cardamom pumpkin bread is sure to be your new favorite!

In search of the breads once baked in my grandmother's kitchen, I've been experimenting with several diffferent breads. I found some old notes for a Finnish braided bread scented with cardamom, I added a few extra egg yolks and dried currants to form this variation. Cardamom is a common spice for Finns and greater Scandinavia.

This bakery style pumpkin bread is my all time favorite and I want to share the recipe with you! Once you make this, you’ll be reaching for your fridge every morning to grab a slice to enjoy …