Cardamom Buns

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    3hrs 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    20
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    280
based on 15 ratings

These soft, delicious Swedish buns are infused with cardamom and covered in a sweet glaze before being topped with pearl sugar. They are fun to make and look very impressive.

recipe updated 7 Dec 2022

Ingredients

  • Cardamom icon
    Cardamom
    1 teaspoon
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    2
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    200 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    4 tablespoons
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    300 g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    150 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    220 g
  • Dried yeast icon
    Dried yeast
    7 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Bread flour icon
    Bread flour
    450 g
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    1 tablespoon
  • Water icon
    Water
    2 tablespoons
  • Ground cardamom icon
    Ground cardamom
    ½ teaspoon
  • Honey icon
    Honey
    4 tablespoons
  • Pearl sugar icon
    Pearl sugar
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Large glass bowl
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Small bowl

Step preview

  1. Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. Add cardamom and milk to a clean saucepan
  3. Heat until just boiling - medium heat
  4. Attach Spiral Dough Tool
  5. Add unsalted butter, caster sugar, dried yeast, salt and egg to the Kenwood Bowl
  6. Mix until just combined - 1 min, Speed 1
  7. Transfer milk mixture to Kenwood Bowl
  8. Mix until just combined - 1 min, Speed 1
  9. Then add bread flour to the Kenwood Bowl
  10. Mix - 5 min, Speed 1
  11. Mix - 10 min, Speed 2
  12. Transfer dough to large glass bowl
  13. Cover with kitchen towel
  14. Prove - 1 hr 30 min
  15. Clean Kenwood Bowl
  16. Attach K Beater
  17. Add ground cinnamon, caster sugar and unsalted butter to the Kenwood Bowl
  18. Mix until combined then set aside - 1 min, Speed 4
  19. Carefully transfer the dough from the glass bowl to a lightly floured work surface
  20. Knock back the dough and divide into two
  21. Roll into a rectangle slightly larger than an A4 piece of paper
  22. Spread half of the filling from the Mixer bowl over the rectangle of dough
  23. Fold the rectangle of dough into thirds, bring the top third down to cover the middle third and then the bottom third up to cover this
  24. Roll the folded rectangle out gently until it is roughly 30 cm x 15 cm deep
  25. Cut the dough into strips around 2.5 cm wide then cut almost the whole way down the middle of the strips so that they remain joined at the top like a pair of legs
  26. Twist the two strips into a coiled knot and place onto the prepared baking tray
  27. Repeat this process with the remaining half of the dough and filling
  28. Cover baking sheet with kitchen towel
  29. Prove - 1 hr
  30. Pre-heat oven - 200°C
  31. Add egg and water to a clean small bowl
  32. Mix until combined
  33. Gently brush the buns with the egg wash
  34. Bake until golden brown - 15 min, 200°C
  35. Add ground cardamom, honey and water to a clean small bowl
  36. Mix until combined
  37. Remove the buns from the oven and brush the buns with the contents of the small bowl
  38. Sprinkle with pearl sugar
  39. Serve
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