Magn Winter's Swedish Coffee Bread:
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Combine
1
cup Sugar (white granulated)
1
tsp Salt
1/2
cup Crisco vegetable shortening
2 Tbs
Butter
1 tsp Ground cardamom seeds.
you need to grind them yourself to get the needed piquancy
takes the seeds from about 7 cardamom pods
~ 1+
cups Scalded milk
Then when not too hot or cold add
2 pkg
Dry yeast (standard package)
Then add
3
Eggs
5+ cups White flour (add gradually until proper consistency)
May have to get your hands on it to get the flour in
Let rise in a warm place until doubled
in volume ~ 1 hour
Punch down
let rise again until doubled in volume ~ 1 hour
knead and split in half
Split each half into thirds
Roll the thirds about 1 - 1 1/2 feet long, flatten a little,
coat the top with melted butter,
sprinkle with cinamon sugar, fold
along the long direction over these additions
Braid 3 of the thirds into a loaf and do the same with the
remaining thirds = 2 loaves
Coat with egg yoke (takes about 1 egg yoke -- mix it
up)
Sprinkle with sugar
Let loaves rise about 1/2 hour
Bake at 350 degrees until done
(nothing on a poked in toothpick) ~ 30 minutes
