Can you go to Ikea and walk out of the store without buying at least one cinnamon roll? Nope! Exactly! They are so good. The other day I looked through a booklet on cooking courses here in the area and found a Finnish Cooking Class. Yay, I thought. The description of the course: We make traditional Kanelbullar as well! My next thought was that I could also ask my friend Carolina who is originally from Finland to show me how she makes my beloved cinnamon rolls. Long story short; today was the day we met and baked so many that we filled the entire house with this lovely smell of cinnamon/chocolate and dough-heaven. This is just a perfect treat once in a while and goes perfect with a cup of latte. Carolina told me that she used to make those since she was a child. So enjoy and happy baking!
Daniela Henry
Serves 5-6
15 minPrep Time
20 minCook Time
34 minTotal Time
Save RecipeIngredients
- 1/2 liter milk
- 50g Yeast
- 250g sugar
- 1 Tablespoon salt
- 1-2 Tablespoon Cardamom
- 1 kg flour
- 2 eggs
- 200g butter (plus an additional 40g for the dough later!)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees
- Ingredients should have room temperature (you might need to heat milk and butter quickly in a pot)
- Add the sugar, yeast, salt, flour, milk, Cardamom in a large bowl and mix by hand until the dough does not stick to the bowl or your hands anymore
- Let dough rest for at least 30 minutes (covered with a clean dish towel and at a warm place)
- Now kneel dough again and cut in 2-3 portions
- Put some flour on the clean table and roll out dough with a rolling pin until thin. Make sure it does not stick to the table!
- Use some of the additional butter (melted or room temperature!) and spread evenly on the dough.
- Now sprinkle some sugar, cinnamon or chocolate chips on the dough and roll dough into a sausage shape
- Now cut dough into 4 cm long pieces
- Use a baking pan and baking sheet and place the Kanellbullar on it
- Flatten Kanelbullar by hand slightly
- Lightly beat the egg and brush over the buns
- Sprinkle some sugar or cinnamon on top
- Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
Keep in mind that the dough needs to rise for 30 minutes!
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