Finnish Pulla for Bread Machine. A unique bread with a sweet flavor that makes a wonderful holiday gift! Pulla (Finnish) or nisu (Finnish) is a type of dessert or pastry flavored with cardamom. It's typically served all year round as a coffee table treat with coffee or tea.
If you've never had Finnish Pulla Bread, now is your chance! Simply put, it's a slightly sweet (Note: Follow your individual bread machine instructions as to adding ingredients. But do not mix salt with yeast. You can cook Finnish Pulla for Bread Machine using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Finnish Pulla for Bread Machine
- You need 1 cup of milk.
- You need 1/4 cup of water, lukewarm.
- It's 3 of eggs, 1 egg reserved for glaze.
- It's 4 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
- It's 1/2 cup of sugar.
- It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
- You need 1 tablespoon of ground cardamom.
- You need 1 tablespoon of yeast.
- You need 1/4 cup of butter, cut into 4 chunks.
- Prepare 1-2 tablespoons of pearl sugar for topping loaves.
Salt will negate the action of the. Finnish Pulla Recipe - my mom's recipe for a traditional Finnish bread scented with fragrant cardamom! Perfect for special mornings, gatherings, holidays or afternoon tea. Leave something of sweetness and substance in the mouth of the world.~Anna.
Finnish Pulla for Bread Machine instructions
- Place milk, water, and 2 lightly beaten eggs in bread machine pan..
- Add flour, sugar, salt, cardamom in pan, then top with yeast and butter. Program bread machine to dough setting..
- Remove dough from bread machine pan and place on lightly floured surface. Divide dough into 3 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into 10-14 inch strand and braid like you would hair. Pinch and tuck ends under and place on greased or parchment covered baking sheet. Lightly cover with clean kitchen towel and let rise for about 30-45 minutes..
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat remaining egg and gently brush on loaf top and sides with pastry brush. Sprinkle with pearl sugar. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until light golden brown. Cool on wire rack, then slice to serve..
Finnish Pulla Bread Recipe - Braided Sweet Bread with cardamom, raisins and almonds. Pulla bread is a soft, fluffy cardamom dessert served with a hot cup of coffee. The dough is braided into a large loaf or rolled into buns, and can be sprinkled with sliced almonds or pearl sugar. This is a bread machine version of Finnish Pulla, which tastes just like my grandmother's Swedish cardamom bread. My bread machine calls for the dry stuff in the pan first, which is what I did.