Kanelbullar (Swedish Cinnamon Buns)

Name: Kanelbullar (Swedish Cinnamon Buns)
Yield: Makes 12 buns
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, milk; 1/4 cup (1⅓ ounces), bread flour; 1/2 cup, milk, chilled; 2 cups (11 ounces), bread flour; 1 tablespoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces), granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces and softened; 2 teaspoons, cardamom seeds, ground coarse; 3/4 cup (5¼ ounces), granulated sugar; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 2 tablespoons, ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon, bread flour; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1 large, egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water and pinch table salt; 1/4 cup, Swedish pearl sugar

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

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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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