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Sweet cardamom yeast dough

Sweet cardamom yeast dough

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The basic dough for Norwegian pastries: a leavened dough made with milk, butter, and cardamom, used for making buns, skillingsboller, kringle, or julekake.

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Recipe from Sauer202, Wkee4ager, Anne-Sophie Ofrim, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Soft bread dough is an excellent starting point for creating a variety of sweet cakes and breads. Whether you want to make croissants, loaves, or Christmas cakes, this recipe allows you to vary the ingredients according to your preferences. Simply add dried fruits at the end if desired.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting1 hr 15 min
  • Total1 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$2.70 $0.11 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

24 people
  • $0.40
  • $0.51
  • $0.11
  • $0.80
  • $0.35
  • $0.53

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Dissolve the fresh yeast in warm milk. If using dry yeast, mix it with the flour instead. ≈ 4 min
  2. Add the melted butter, then the cardamom and sugar. ≈ 3 min
  3. Gradually add the flour, mixing and kneading until a soft dough forms. ≈ 10 min
  4. Cover and let rise for about 45 minutes.
  5. Shape it to your liking: the dough yields approximately 24 small loaves, 30 skillingsboller (cinnamon snails), 1 kringle or 2 julekaker. Let it rise for another 30 minutes.
  6. Bake at 225-250 °C for 8 minutes for small loaves and 35 minutes for larger pieces.

The bill

Sweet cardamom yeast dough

  • 50 g of fresh yeast (or 2 packets of dry yeast)$0.40
  • 100 to 200g of melted butter or margarine$0.51
  • 100 to 200 grams of sugar$0.11
  • 500 g of flour$0.80
  • 350 ml of milk$0.35
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom (approximately 2g)$0.53

Total$2.70

that's $0.11 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 50 g of fresh yeast (or 2 packets of dry yeast)
  • 100 to 200g of melted butter or margarine
  • 100 to 200 grams of sugar
  • 500 g of flour
  • 350 ml of milk
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom (approximately 2g)

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