Join us as we travel around the world with our tastebuds, from the comfort of your own home! Our recipes will help to keep the spirit of travel alive and may just inspire you to add another destination to your bucket list. This week we are bringing you an ooey gooey cinnamon rolls recipe from Sweden!
Cooking and food preparation, especially of foods from other cultures, can help maintain a sense of wonder and interest in the world around us while we spend most of our time indoors. Not only does cooking teach life skills and help to develop a variety of motor and mental skills, it also gives families the opportunity to work together and bond while discovering different flavors and cultures.
The team at Bébé Voyage has put together a series of recipes from around the world for you to explore the globe from your kitchen and make at home with your kids. This week we are traveling all the way to Sweden for a cinnamon rolls recipe that will surely satisfy that sweet tooth!
Sweden
Sweden is located in the northern part of Europe called Scandinavia and its neighbors are Finland and Norway. The banknote of Sweden is called Kronor.
Cinnamon Rolls (Kanelbullar)
The average Swede eats around 300 cinnamon buns per year.
Bébé Voyage co-founder Marianne Perez de Fransius kindly shared this recipe with us.
Ingredients – this recipe will make approx. 25 buns
35g yeast
100g sugar
300ml milk
1 egg
120g butter
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp ground cardamom
750g flour
Filling:
100g butter
50g sugar
2 tbsp cinnamon
Glaze:
1 egg
2 tbsp water
Pearl sugar
Method
Crumble the yeast in a bowl and stir a few tablespoons of milk.
Melt the butter in a pot and pour it on the milk.
Add the rest of the ingredients and knead the dough for 10-15 minutes.
Once the dough is ready let the dough rise while covered at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Roll out the dough so it is about 3mm thick and 30 cm wide.
Spread the room-temperature butter on top.
Make a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it over the dough.
Roll in the dough the long way and cut the roll into about 25 slices.
Place them with the cut edge upward in paper molds.
Place on a baking sheet and let rise under a towel for about 60 minutes or until the buns have doubled in size.
Beat together the egg and water, brush the mixture carefully on the buns and sprinkle pearl sugar on top.
Bake in the oven 220C for 5-6 minutes.
Allow to cool on a rack.
Little Fingers Can
2-4-year-olds
Crumble the yeast in a bowl and stir a few tablespoons of milk.
Add the rest of the ingredients and knead the dough for 10-15 minutes.
Spread the room-temperature butter on top.
Make a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it over the dough.
Beat together the egg and water, brush the mixture carefully on the buns and sprinkle pearl sugar on top.
5-7-year-olds
Crumble the yeast in a bowl and stir a few tablespoons of milk.
Add the rest of the ingredients and knead the dough for 10-15 minutes.
Once the dough is ready let the dough rise while covered at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Roll out the dough so it is about 3mm thick and 30 cm wide.
Spread the room-temperature butter on top.
Make a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it over the dough.
Roll in the dough the long way and cut the roll into about 25 slices.
Place them with the cut edge upward in paper molds.
Place on a baking sheet and let rise under a towel for about 60 minutes or until the buns have doubled in size.
Beat together the egg and water, brush the mixture carefully on the buns and sprinkle pearl sugar on top.
7 years +
Crumble the yeast in a bowl and stir a few tablespoons of milk.
Melt the butter in a pot and pour it on the milk. (under adult supervision)
Add the rest of the ingredients and knead the dough for 10-15 minutes.
Once the dough is ready let the dough rise while covered at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Roll out the dough so it is about 3mm thick and 30 cm wide.
Spread the room-temperature butter on top.
Make a mixture of sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle it over the dough.
Roll in the dough the long way and cut the roll into about 25 slices.
Place them with the cut edge upward in paper molds.
Place on a baking sheet and let rise under a towel for about 60 minutes or until the buns have doubled in size.
Beat together the egg and water, brush the mixture carefully on the buns and sprinkle pearl sugar on top.
Place in the oven and bake in the oven 220C for 5-6 minutes. (under adult supervision)
Allow to cool on a rack.
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