SEMLOR / LASKIAISPULLA / FASTLAGSBULLE / SWEET BUNS

Bun ingredients

250ml milk or water
25g fresh yeast or 1 sachet of dry yeast
1/2 tsp salt
100ml sugar
1 tbs cardamom (ground)
about 700ml wheat flour
50-75g of butter or margarine
eggs

Filling:
almond paste softened with a bit of milk and whipped cream
or queen's jam with whipped cream


Let all ingredients warm up to room temperature.

1. Heat the liquid until luke warm. Crumble the yeast into a mixing bowl. Add the liquid and allow the yeast to dissolve. Add the sugar, salt and cardamom.
2. Mix as much flour until you get a thick mixture with porridge-like consistency. Whisk the mixture to a high gloss.
3. Add the rest of the flour to the dough by hand. Leave a little bit of flour for baking and knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic. Add the softened fat into the dough and mix well.
4. Cover the dough bowl with a towel and place it in a warm, draft-free place. Let it rise for about two-fold.
5. Bake the dough into 10 fairly large elevated buns and allow them to rise as well.
6. Glaze the buns with egg. If you would like the buns stronger color, glaze with just the egg yolks.
7. Bake the buns in the oven at 225C for 12-15 minutes.
9. Cut the tops of the cooled buns and fill the buns with filling as desired.