What a fantastic Finnish!

Ok, sorry about the pun … Really though, the Finns did not let me down!!!

Again, like with the Kanelbulle, the Cardamom makes a really nice twist to these buns. They are somewhat like a Cardamom flavoured Scone, not only because of the lashings of strawberry jam and cream, but also because they are only slightly sweet and a little bready.

There are no real hints or tricks to this one, except for, like with most yeast-doughs, it is advisable to leave yourself plenty of time to make these as getting your dough to rise may take longer than expected, depending on how warm your home is.
 
Here’s how I made them:

- 600 ml Milk.
- 6 sachets of Dried Yeast (7gm each).
- 150 gm of Granulated Sugar.
- 1 Kg Plain Flour.
- 2 Eggs.
- 10 gm Salt.
- 2 Tsp of ground Cardamom.
- 200gm Butter.
- Strawberry Jam.
- Marzipan.
- Whipped Cream.

• In a large saucepan warm the Milk and the Cardamom over a gentle heat.
• Dissolve the sugar and allow the milk to cool until it’s tepid.
• Pour the yeast in to the Milk and Sugar and allow to completely dissolve.
• Melt the butter and allow to cool slightly.
• Add roughly half the flour and milk well.
• Add 1 egg, mix well.
• Add rest of the flour and the salt and turn the dough out on to a work surface and knead.
• Bit by bit add the now cooled and melted butter to the dough whilst kneading.
• Put the dough back in the saucepan, cover with clingfilm or a cloth and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size (about 1 hour).
• Preheat the oven to 200C.
• Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
• When the dough has doubled in size, divide in to balls, roughly the size of a scone and place on the baking tray.
• Whisk the remaining egg and brush the top of each Laskiaispulla with this.
• Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden.
• When cool, slice the top off each Laskiaispulla, fill with Marzipan or Strawberry Jam, and plenty of whipped cream.
• Dust with Icing sugar.

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