The perfect recipe for Swedish kanelbullar, the typical sweet of Sweden to experience a Hygge atmosphere at Christmas or at any other time of the year. A tasty snack or breakfast with a Northern European flavor and cinnamon flavor.
I Kanelbullar they are a Swedish delight that traditionally in Sweden they are eaten together with coffee. I went through various blogs here and there and I realized that the prices at Stockholm they are not very low, which is why if you have the opportunity to taste them by making them at home, you can save a lot.
La Kanelbullar recipe is between recipes from around the world, one of the best known and most appreciated here in Italy. The recipe is not that difficult, I wrote a specific post for this, because when I was in Christmas in Stockholm I fell madly in love with it. I was blown away by how much the Swedes attach importance to snacks. They leave the house in the freezing cold in winter and meet in cafes to have a snack together. It is special.
The Kanelbullar are the fifth essence of what in northern Europe they call it Hygge style, enjoying the little things in our daily life. These sweets are mostly prepared during the Christmas holidays, when the cinnamon scent, the house is also filled with candles, soft lights, warm blankets, herbal teas and for those who have it, a lit and crackling fireplace.
Kanelbullar are basically gods cinnamon-flavored swivels. They are sold almost everywhere in Sweden, from the supermarket to restaurants, they are eaten in the morning as soon as you get up or in the afternoon for a snack, in short, there is no clockwise specific to eat them. Finally, there is also the version of the vanilla kanelbullar, although the Swedes prefer the cinnamon ones, it is said.
Among other things, I have read that until recently it was traditional to have tea with friends with Ben seven types of sweets, all homemade. Now we come to our special recipe to prepare at home.
Practical information
Difficulty: medium
Total preparation: +60 minutes
Preparation: 40 minutes
Rest in the oven completely off: 180 minutes
Cooking: 30 minutes
Servings: about 15 kanelbullar
Ingredients
For the dough:
120 gr water
120 gr milk
20 gr of fresh brewer's yeast
80 gr of butter in pieces
50 grams of sugar
350 gr of manitoba flour
250 00 grams of flour
salt to taste
1 medium egg
For the stuffing:
100 grams of sugar
1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon
20 gr of melted butter
Kanelbullar preparation
Immediately put on a pan water, milk, sugar and crumbled yeast. The temperature must reach 37 ° C. Once you have a homogeneous liquid, pass the liquid into a larger container and add the flour, salt and egg. At this point, if you have a planetary mixer or a mixer, get help, the mixture must be homogeneous, smooth on the surface. Form a ball and put the dough in a container, keep it away from drafts, perhaps covered with a cloth for about two hours.
After two hours, take the dough and roll it out with a rolling pin until it forms a rectangle of about 50 × 35 cm. Now take the ingredients for the filling. Pulverize the sugar with cinnamon.
At this point, brush over the dough spread both the melted butter and the cinnamon flavored sugar. Make sure that the dough is completely sprinkled with butter, sugar and cinnamon. If you want to add more butter, this is allowed at this stage :)
At this point, starting from the longer side of the dough, roll it up slowly until a cylinder is obtained. Cut the cylinder in half, then cut each half in two again and each part in three again. At this point, you decide whether to cut each part in half again, it depends on how you prefer the kanelbullar, high or low.
Arrange the kanelbullar on a baking dish with or parchment paper underneath or brushed with butter. Cover the kanelbullar swivels again and leave them sheltered from currents to rest for about another hour (however as before, until doubled). Once an hour has passed, preheat the oven at 180 ° C and cook the kanelbullar for 30 minutes or until they seem golden on the surface.
At this point, make a coffee, light a candle and enjoy your well-deserved break!
