Kanelbullar (Swedish Cinnamon Buns)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2022, America's Test Kitchen TV

The sugar-and-spice delights known as kanelbullar feature a rich dough that's perfumed with cardamom and swirled with cinnamon and butter.

SERVESMakes 12 buns

TIME2 hours, plus 2 hours chilling and rising

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Swedish cinnamon buns are modest in terms of sweetness, richness, and size, but they’re lavishly spiced; not only are they swirled with an assertive cinnamon filling, but the dough itself is studded with crushed cardamom seeds, which gives ...

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