Finnish sweet bread rolls - Dallaspulla

[Becky]

I made these yummy sweet bread rolls today! Pulla is a traditional bread made in Finland made using an enriched sweetened dough which is often flavoured with cardamom. It takes many forms, and the type I made were similar to cinnamon buns but with a sweet vanilla filling instead on cinnamon.

Here's the recipe I used: https://thejoyfulsoul.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/dallaspulla/

I added 2 tsp of crushed cardamom to the dough.

Here's how it went...

Crushing the cardamom:

The dough after it had risen:

Spreading the filling on the dough (it was quite grainy):

The rolls before they went into the oven. I sprinkled a little demerera sugar on they for some crunch:

Fresh out of the oven:

They were very difficult to remove from the greaseproof paper, but here they are afterwards:

OM NOM NOM!

I really loved the cardamom flavour of the dough, it was delicious. I wasn't too impressed with the filling though, there was a little too much butter I think and it had a weird texture. It had a nice flavour, but I might try something different next time.

 

[ChesterV]

I had something like that once. It had a thin, sticky and hard glaze baked on the top of it.
It was good, but I was afraid to eat too much or I might pull out some fillings.

 

[Diane Lane]

They look delicious. What do you think you'd use in the center next time @Becky? I wouldn't even know what flavors to pair with the cardomom, other than those I use together with it in chai tea. I'm sure once you tweak the centers to your satisfaction, they'll be yummy.

 

[Trellum]

Very nice work, Becky. But if you don't mind me asking... where did you got that fantastic pestle an mortar? I want to get one of my own, mostly to make salsas, but not sure where to get a high quality one. I don't want to get something made out of something else that is not made with black stone.

 

[Becky]

What do you think you'd use in the center next time Becky?

Orange works really well with cardamom, so something involving that would be nice. Maybe a filling made with white chocolate and orange zest... I'll have to have a think!

But if you don't mind me asking... where did you got that fantastic pestle an mortar?

I've had it for about 10 years, and I think I got it from Amazon. It's made from natural granite, and it is rough on the inside of the bowl so it grinds things quite efficiently. It's really heavy though! I use it fairly often, and I can imagine I'll have it for as long as I have a kitchen!