Korvapuusti (Cinnamon Cardamom Swirls)
Scandinavian pastry spirals brushed with cardamom-cinnamon sugar and pearl sugar, baked until golden. Soft, fragrant, and worth the short wait.
- Total time
- 50 min
- Servings
- 8
- Calories
- 245
- Protein
- 5g
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup whole milk
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2.25 teaspoons instant yeast
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons pearl sugar (or coarse sugar)
Instructions
- 1
Pour 0.75 cup whole milk into a small saucepan and warm it over medium heat until tiny bubbles appear around the edges but it does not boil, about 3 minutes.
- 2
Remove the milk from heat and stir in 4 tablespoons softened butter until completely melted and no lumps remain.
- 3
Pour the warm milk-butter mixture into a large bowl.
- 4
Add 2.25 teaspoons instant yeast and 2 tablespoons granulated sugar to the bowl and let sit for 1 minute without stirring so the yeast activates.
- 5
Whisk the yeast mixture vigorously for 30 seconds until foamy, breaking up any yeast clumps.
- 6
Add 2.5 cups flour to the bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until no dry flour remains and a shaggy, sticky dough forms, about 1 minute.
- 7
Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let the dough rise at room temperature until puffy and nearly doubled, 30–35 minutes.
- 8
Set the oven to 400°F and wait until the indicator light or beep tells you it has finished preheating, about 10 minutes.
- 9
Dust a work surface lightly with flour, then turn the risen dough out onto it.
- 10
Using your hands, gently stretch and pat the dough into a rectangle roughly 12 inches wide and 8 inches tall, with the longer edge facing you.
- 11
Stir 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon and 0.5 teaspoon ground cardamom together in a small bowl until evenly combined.
- 12
Sprinkle the cinnamon-cardamom mixture evenly across the entire surface of the dough rectangle.
- 13
Starting from the edge closest to you, roll the dough tightly toward you like a scroll, pressing gently as you roll so it holds together.
- 14
Using a sharp knife, slice the rolled dough crosswise into 8 equal pieces, each about 1.5 inches wide, wiping the blade clean between cuts.
- 15
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 16
Arrange the 8 swirls cut-side up on the parchment paper, spacing them 2 inches apart so they have room to rise.
- 17
Sprinkle 0.375 tablespoon pearl sugar evenly over the top of each swirl.
- 18
Slide the baking sheet into the preheated 400°F oven on the middle rack.
- 19
Bake until the swirls are puffed and the surface turns the color of warm honey with the edges slightly darker, 12–14 minutes.
- 20
Remove the baking sheet from the oven using oven mitts and set it on a heat-safe surface to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Tools you’ll need
- small saucepan
- large mixing bowl
- wooden spoon
- whisk
- plastic wrap
- work surface
- small bowl
- sharp knife
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- oven mitts
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