Candy Chocolate Ganache Covered Brownies For Lilla A

candy chocolate brownies with a ganache and Millie Lillies

Yesterday was the day everybody remembers that Elvis died. August 16th 1977. I was four years old. I never would of imagined that August 16 would be a day that would be so bitter sweet for my family. Nearly ten years later on the same exact day my grandpa passed away, and then 20 years to the day our lilla A was welcomed to this world. It is incredible how life throws you some curve balls.
Six years of laughter and six years of little tears, our charismatic, bilingual, kind, generous, funny  lovely boy is now ready for school and talking like a 50 year old. Where does the time go?

Every year I whip up some sort of theme plan for Lilla A's birthday parties, but this year I had to post pone, as I was sick for the last week. Typical!! I have a Star wars themed party this year with a Darth Vader cake pan  and all the goodies 8, six year olds could ever dream of. As it was his real birthday yesterday, I had to produce some sort of  cake for the little man. Here is my  famously scrumptious chocolate lovers to die for brownie explosion.Tread lightly you may have an overdose of goodness here. Do not say I did not warn you.....

Candy jazzes up ganache-glazed squares I used  Milly Lilly's

INGREDIENTS:

• 2/3 cup -(150ml )butter add 1 tsp of salt if using unsalted butter
• 7 oz -(210g) bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 5 oz-(150g)  unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1½ cups-(375ml) granulated sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup(250ml) all- purpose flour

• TOPPING: 
• 5oz (150g) bittersweet chocolate
• 2/3 cup (150ml) whipping cream
•  assorted candy for sprinkling on top of ganache

melt slowly and stir be careful not to burn

• Method:

Line 13X) inch metal cake pan with parchment paper pr baking paper; set aside.

In a saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the butter and all the chocolate(not including the chocolate for the ganache); until  smooth. Let cool for 10 minutes set to the side.

make sure to whisk in eggs 

use the same pot for everything, perfect!

baked for 25 minuted and still moist in the middle

In the same pan, whisk in the sugar and the vanilla. Whisk in the eggs ONE AT A TIME,using a wooden spoon, stir in the flour and the salt. Scrape into the prepared pan; smooth top. Bake in the center of your oven rack at 350 degrees f or 180 degrees C until cake tester inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs clinging, 25 minutes. Let cool on rack.

Topping:

ganache is the best ever

need I say more? yummo

Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl. In saucepan, heat cream until boiling; pour over chocolate and whisk until smooth.Let cool 3-4 minutes and spread over cooled brownies. I like to just tilt the pan in every direction until the top is completely covered. No need to use any tools. A nice even surface is achieved. Sprinkle immediately with your choice of candy's and set in the refrigerator until set. At least one hour. 

Happy 6th Birthday Lilla A! Mommy Loves you so

If you love a good brownie, then please do give these a try. You so will not be disappointed. Once you whip these up a few times you can tweak them to any way you want. Make them with white chocolate ganache, or add more , nuts,milk chocolate to the mix. It is really up to you. Go forth and bake my friends. Till next time. Hej då!

Salmon and root vegetable gratin with infused thyme

slow cooked in low oven for 2 hours equals one happy Goat

okay, who is with me? Gratin, love it or just about LOVEEEE it! Oh, can you ever go wrong with a dish of creamy goodness.Layer after layer of starch heaven slathered in caramelized onions poached in  infused heavy cream, garlic and thyme of course  butter and cheese. Slow baked until just perfect?

The other day Lilla A's Godmother L. and sir P. Came to celebrate his 6 th birthday with a traditional Swedish meal. Ham Hock and root vegetable mash. ( will post at a later date) and of course the Goat is a goat and only eats some creatures from the sea. Namely salmon and their  little friends...He's actually a pesco-vegetarian eats fish etc... So.. I needed to cook him a meal as well. This is what I came up with using all the same ingredients for the meat eaters, just substituting  the ham hock for fresh  salmon. 

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

2 small salmon file sliced in strips

6-8 medium gratin potatoes ones good for mashing work well here as well thinly sliced

1/4 head of turnip thinly sliced

1-2 large carrots thinly sliced

1 yellow onion thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves, grated

1 cup of strong flavored cheese

3 tablespoons butter (½ tablespoon to grease the oven dish)

1½ cups of heavy cream

1 cup of half and half or 27% fat cream

½ cup of full fat milk-or 2%

1 teaspoon of dried thyme or 2 sprigs of fresh

salt and pepper

Method for infused cream:

In a frying pan melt butter over medium low heat. Add in your sliced onions and continue to cook until they are golden and somewhat caramelized.Pour in your liquids and reduce heat to the lowest setting. Add your thyme and salt and pepper, and grate in your garlic.Turn off heat but let  it sit to cool on the burner.

let rest with all the goodness for at least 20 minutes

Norwegian Salmon 

almost ready for the oven. Just add cheese and cover

Slice your salmon into slices and season with salt and pepper set aside. Grease your oven dish. I used an dutch oven, and begin to layer your root vegetables remembering to sprinkle a little salt and pepper and dried thyme over each layer as you proceed(using a light hand).Layer a few slices of  fish and continue to layer until your top layer is just of root vegetables. Pour over the infused mixture(if using fresh thyme remove the sprigs) and if you have not enough infused cream just top it up with more cream or full fat milk.


 Cover with the grated cheese and add a doamed lid(so cheese does not stick to it) If using tin foil. Wait with the cheese and cover and let cook for 2 hours at 180 degrees C and then when you can slide a wooden skewer or fork through to the bottom of the dish easily then you can remove the tin foil and add the cheese and let bake until nice and browned in an 100 degree c oven. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

The Goat and Miss L loved this to bits. (Sir P is allergic to fish,) so we all had a fantastic dinner and a lot of good laughs. Evenings like this is exactly why I started this blog. To be able to share my cooking with people as if they were guests in my kitchen. Warm hearts to you all.Enjoy

Lazy Saturday Egg Salad

creamy loveliness

Sorry Lilla A. Today we will have to cancel your 6th birthday party, because mommy is ill. Yes of course of all days. I am so feeling under the weather these last few days, and it's looking like all I can do is spend time here on It's all about the food. I know I just posted yesterday, but I have the time now to post things that I have been meaning to post. There's not much to say about egg salad. You either love it or you hate it. Most of us who grew up in a Commonwealth country or the States, are pretty much familiar to the dreaded or beloved egg salad sandwich. I am sure  most  of us have had some "aunt" or lunch lady who insisted that their egg salad was the best, but all it did was scare the crap out of you.

I am not an egg fan. I like omelette's,fried eggs with pytti panna,but never oh NEVER a hard boiled egg on it's own. Lord help me, but noooooo. BUT..... I do just adore egg salad sandwiches.The way I grew up eating them. With chopped crunchy scallions, ribs of celery and pungent draw of the flat leaf parsley. I believe it's a texture thing. With each bite you get the creaminess of the eggs and mayo, the crunch of the celery and the heat from the onions, and the little bit of satisfaction from the parsley. In all a mouthful of goodness.  Yes, we all know that we "can" make our own mayonnaise with a little elbow grease and some patience, but here in Sweden, their mayo" is not what I would call my favorite. I do search high and low for *Kraft Miracle whip    because it would be a miracle if I ever found it here, so I have to settle with *Hellman's mayo at 10 bucks a jar but I am so not complaining. Anything is better than the alternative.Yikes...

cool your eggs under running water 

There is something romantic about boiling eggs. It's a point to where you need to go by instinct when your boiling your eggs. You can time them for 8 minutes from the boil, or you can cheat and have one of those singing eggs that plays some cliche song letting you know which stage your eggs are at. Either way boil your eggs and run them under a cold bath until you can handle them.The cooler they get the less chance you will have of developing the dreaded grey egg syndrome.
chop up your celery and spring onions in small slices and dice up your eggs add to a bowl chop up some parsley and add a few tablespoons of your favorite mayonnaise and add salt and pepper to taste and presto, you have got yourself a really darn good breakfast.

                            

add everything together

Ingredients
6 eggs organic if you can
3 ribs of celery
3 spring onions
½ cup chopped flat leaf parsley
3-4 tablespoons of mayo depending on your like add a little at a time.
salt and pepper to taste

 Nothing is more satisfying when you can whip up something so simple but so wonderful. Hope you all have a better day then I will have:( it's back to bed for me, and more Lego building for Lilla A. See you all soon.

Spiced Apple and Pear Double Crust Pie

For my pie lovers

Okay,so I am a pie lover. There I said it. I learned from my mom, but learned that my paternal grandmother was a fantastic French Canadian pie baker. She made amazing pies and I was told by my father that I could bake a pie like his mother. Bless his soul. Not long after making a custard pie for him. He passed away.( not from the pie!) So, this popples is for you. I hope your enjoying your pie in the sky:) Since shortening*is really hard to find here, or in specialty stores I came up with my own substitute. 


For me  pie is all about the crust. I could really scrape away all the filling and just tuck into the crust. The somewhat salty, tender bite of pie heaven, but let's not kid our selves here we all have been "beaten" by a pie crust that would not cooperate, but hence my lovely reader's I have created a wonderful pliable fantastic pie crust recipe. Oh, how pleased I am to share this with you all.


How to double crust pastry:


Makes pastry for one 10-inch (25cm double pie crust)


2 1/4 cups (540ml) all purpose flour
    1/4 tsp.salt
     1/2 cup (120ml) cold butter, cut into ½ inch small pieces
      1/2 cup (120ml) cold baking margarine, cut into ½ inch small pieces
       1/3 cup (80ml) cold water


ATTENTION:
Make sure all your ingredients are very cold. I set the butter, margarine and water in the freezer for 15 minutes, and place the flour in the refrigerator for 15 minutes as well. It made a world of difference. 

Using your food processor or by hand and pastry cutter and a large bowl, combine the flour,salt, butter and baking margarine.Process or cut in, or until the mixture resembles coarse meal or "pea size" and begins to clump together. Sprinkle with water if needed and let rest for 30-40 seconds and then either process very briefly or cut with about 15 strokes of the pastry cutter, just until the dough begins to stick together and come away from the sides of the bowl.


turn into a lightly floured work surface and press together to form a short tube or cylinder. Divide into 3/3 and 1/3 pieces. wrap in plastic wrap and flatten gently into disk. Set in fridge for at least 20 minutes. Allow the dough to warm slightly at room temperature if it's too hard to roll 

On a lightly floured board roll the larger disk to a thickness of 1/8 inch cut a circle about 1 1/2 inches (3.8cm) larger than your pie plate and transfer to the plate by folding it in half or rolling it onto the rolling pin. turn the pastry edge under, leaving an edge the hands about 1/2 inch  over the plate. Either crimp the top as I have done here, by scalping the edge. 
Roll the second disk as directed by recipe or be creative. I have done a spiral crust design on this particular pie. Beautiful and a bit unusual. 




Ingredients:

melon scooper is great for pears

• ½ lemon¨
• 3 pounds baking apples such as golden delicious I used Ingrid Marie about 6-8 in total
• 1½ pounds of baking pears. such as Bosc or firm Bartletts  I used 6 pears
• 2/3 cups sugar, plus more for sprinkling on the pie

1 ½ tablespoons of cinnamon

• 1/4 cup of unsalted butter
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
• generous pinch of freshly ground nutmeg
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract or vanilla sugar 
• Zest of one lemon

Juice of half a lemon set to the side.




Method:

cooking to a compote 

• Finely grate the lemon zest and set to the side. Peel, core and then slice both the apples and the pear into ½ inch pieces. Pour the lemon juice over the fruit then toss fruit with the sugar, cinnamon ginger, salt and nutmeg.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium- high heat or a large pot will do as well.
• Add the fruit to the melted butter and cook, uncovered until the fruit softens, and the juices evaporate. Can take up to ten minutes. Mix the flour into the fruit; then cook about a minute more to thicken the juices slightly.  
• (If you have so much juice in the pan after the fruit has cooked and is tender strain the mixture reserving the juice and reduce it down to a thick syrup and then you can use it to drizzle over the finished pie or add it to the whipped cream.)

Finely stir in the vanilla and the lemon zest taste and add more spices if you desire.Remove from heat. The filling should resemble a compote. Cool completely and can store in the refrigerator for 3 days in a sealed container. 

cooled and ready for the top crust

I cut stripes and twisted them around the pie

When you have decided what type of top crust you shall have fill your pie bottom with the filling and arrange the top. I did a spiral pie crust and then sprinkled it with sugar before baking. I tend to like to let the pie sit in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before baking.   

• Bake at 180 degrees c 350 degree f for one hour or until it is all bubbling and the crust is the nice golden brown. 

Let cool  and serve with whipped cream, a slice of cheese or a scoop or ice cream. Enjoy. Have a nice weekend  wherever  you might be.

Black bean and fresh corn lime salad with shrimp

summer love...

It's been a lovely summer, and it is that time of year that everything seems to be slowing down. Soon it's back to school here, and the Swedish "industrial" holidays are coming to the end. I am back at work, and I do not have the pleasure to spend hours in the kitchen some days, and so this lovely tangy and crunchy salad is a fantastic quick meal for you. Corn on the cob at this time of the year is  starting to pop up in the markets, and it is so wonderful fresh that it gives this salad the extra wow factor .In the winter months when corn on the cob is hard to find. Feel free to add the frozen or canned versions as it works as well.

I am waiting for my new fuji camera and I am excited to be able to post better quality photo's and hopefully you will want to stop by more often to see what's happening on It's all about the food. I hope that your weather in your part of the world is not giving you the blues today, and if so grab a book curl up on the sofa and hunker down into a bowl full of this very satisfying meal.

summer love'in 

• Makes enough for 4 large portions
• 4 fresh corn on the cob husked and rinsed
• 1/3 cup of fresh lime juice about 3 large limes
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 cloves of garlic,minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon chili powder or more to taste
• 1 15 ounce can of black beans  drained and rinsed
• 1 avocado peeled, pitted and diced
• 1 red pepper diced or sliced into small pieces
• 2 tomatoes chopped
• 6 green onions thinly sliced
• 1 cup of fresh cooked peeled shrimp of your choice

1/2 cup of chopped basil, cilantro and flat leaf parsley


In a small jar with a fitted lid add the lime juice, minced garlic, olive oil, salt,chili powder and cover and shake until well mixed. Set a side. In a large pot add your fresh corn to a pot of well salted boiling water and cook for 10-12 minutes until tender, but not to soft. I like a little extra bite in my corn, so i tend to cook it a little under so it's still that deep golden yellow, but a little hard to the touch.
Remove the corn from the water and let cool until you can handle it.Meanwhile, chop up your vegetables and add them to the bowl. Add your black beans and toss. when you can handle the cobs. Slice off the kernels gently and add them to your other ingredients. 
Give your dressing a good shake and gently pour a little stir and taste and continue to add dressing until it is to your taste. Add some fresh pealed cooked shrimp, toss and enjoy with a good piece of bread and butter what could be better?  

DULCE DE LECHE - a la confiture de lait

Sweet and condensed milk available most stores or your local Asian Market

By David Lebovitz  via The Perfect scoop






Mmmm...Sweet tooth? Looking for a little love from inside a can? You know who you are, and this little can of goodness is going to make everything bad feel so good. I am not a big sugar eater. I do not have a sweet tooth per say, but this little devilish can can make me melt at the first spoonful.


I recommend that you try this by yourself first(then you do not have to share), and nobody but you will only know just how much you ate. Give it a try, I am sure you will not be sorry.


Preheat oven to 425 Degrees F (220 degrees C)

Pour one can (400 g/14 ounces of sweetened condensed milk(not evaporated milk) into a glass pie plate or any other shallow baking dish. Stir in a few flecks of sea salt. Just a pinch.

adding hot water

Set the glass bowl/ pie plate within a larger pan, such as a roasting pan, and add hot water until it reaches halfway up the side of the pie plate. 

Cover the plate snugly with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour to 1 1/4 hours. Check a few times during baking and add more water to the roasting pan as necessary.

Once the Dulce de Leche- A la Confiture de Lait is nicely browned and caramelized, remove from the oven and let cool, whisk until smooth. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Warm gently in a warm water bath or microwave oven before using. 


This is magical stuff. You can add it to almost anything you bake. Pies, cookies would be great in my take on Donna Hays, Shortbread filled cookies in my archive. Warm it up and drizzle over your favorite ice cream, so many options. I still love it right out of the jar. Pure comfort and a extra twinkle in my eye with ever spoonful. 

DULCE DE LECHE BROWNIES brownies a la confiture de lait

goodness.

In late May my older sister came to visit. She is only three years older than me, but we are yet fiercely different. I like to be the black sheep, and she likes to be the Sheppard.If you know what I mean. I love her dearly, but there is one thing that bonds us together. Our joy to cook. Our love of baking and our excitement to share our ideas. She was kindly nice enough( well I kind of just took it), her vacation copy of The Sweet Life In Paris by David Lebovitz. You can find the original David Lebovitz recipe here: http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2006/06/dulce-de-leche/

I know who has not made these? It seems like every chef and blogger has put out their own spin on these, but the real question is HAVE YOU???

I am not an expert but, if I can make these so can you. It is a little time consuming and a little bit of guess work, but if you have not already picked up your copy of David's book, then I am happy to give you my version of his recipe. It's nice to be back. Please keep on checking in maybe, I will put up a recipe you were just looking for and as the French say, Bon Appetit!

Makes 12 Servings


8 tablespoons (120 g) salted or unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus more for greasing the pan
6 ounces (170 g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1/4 cup (30 g) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup (200 g) sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup (140 g) flour
1 cup (100 g) toasted pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped, optional
1 cup (250 ml) confiture de lait 

I use Cadbury's BOURNVILLE COCOA 100%cocoa available at www.englishshop.se

1.Preheat oven to 350DF (180DC)

2. Generously grease an 8 inch (20 cm) square pan and line the bottom with a square of parchment paper or wax paper. Lightbulb idea: take out a sheet of parchment paper or wax. Flip the baking tin upside down and trace around. Cut out and it will be the perfect fit for the bottom of the pan.

3.Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Add the chocolate and stir constantly over very low heat until melted. Remove from the heat and whisk in the cocoa until smooth.

4. Add the eggs one at a time, then stir in the sugar,vanilla, and flour. Mix in the nuts if using.

5.Scrape half of the batter into the prepared pan. Drop one-third of the Confiture de lait 

ever so slightly two times I dragged it through the batter

over the brownie batter, then drag a butter knife through to swirl it slightly.Spreading the remaining brownie batter over the top, then drop the spoonfuls of the remaining Confiture de lait over the batter.use a knife to ever so slightly.(if you overdo it, the whole thing will bake into a bubbly mess. Just drag a knife once or twice through the batter and leave it at that.)

6. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the center feels just slightly firm. Remove from the oven and cool completely.

Storage:

These brownies actually become better the second day, and will kep well for up to three days.

Note: Confiture de lait is also known as dulce de leche and( cajeta) (which is sometimes made with goats milk, which may not be to everyone's taste.)Because it has become pretty popular over the last few years, you can generally find jars in well-stocked supermarkets and ethnic markets, especially those that specialize in Latin American products.

mmmm.....so nice to share with your friends and neighbors 

The Goat said these were the best he ever had. He said he could give up food just to have these each and everyday at all meal times. Oh, got to love the Goat.

It's been to long, but now I am back

This is the Goat
Welcome back my followers:)

Some of you have probably noticed I have not posted anything lately. Between working and planning the Goats 50th birthday party. I was just too busy to get into my kitchen an make something yummy. I promise that I will at least get one thing out a week and keep on trucking with this little blog.
It was so nice for my older sister S. to come to Sweden in the end of may to visit and leave behind her copy of David Lebovitz's new book The Sweet Life In Paris. It is a little bible of the true living life of  a Paris dweller.  Having the time to rest and read a few chapters have made my soul awake with the desire to start blogging again.Thanks David!!

Thanks for dropping by and we see you all soon again. Happy 50th birthday Kim. Love you more and more each and everyday.xoxo

Spiced Fish Cakes

from sea to table

Okay, I know it has been weeks since I have posted anything on m blog. I think it has to do with all this beautiful sun we are currently having. I have a slew of great recipes to post in the coming days.

catch of the day Cod

Living so close to the sea has so many advantages and I know that I am so grateful that at anytime I can go out and get myself a lovely catch of the day and whip something up like  fish cakes. Oh, they sound like a lot of work and expense but, really these are fun to make and they taste fantastic. Match them up with a great salad for a light lunch, or serve with a spicy chutney and serve as an starter at your next get together. These would be perfect for good Friday and those celebrating Easter and having a lot of mouths to feed these will be a huge hit.

Spiced Fish Cakes adapted from Anjum's New Indian

These cakes are full of flavor, light and not too spicy. These cakes work well with many types of fish and Anjum suggests trying salmon or even trout. I so on that train. Any white thick flesh fish would work here. try serving with a great spicy chutney or a nice coriander cucumber taziki.

Makes 12-16 small cocktail cakes

5 cloves
2 cm piece of cinnamon
1½ teaspoon cumin seeds

browning onions

5 tbsp vegetable oil
1 small/medium onion, peeled and chopped-diced'
5 large cloves of garlic,peeled and chopped
1 tbsp chopped ginger
salt, to taste
½-1/3 tsp red chili powder
1 tsp garam masala
1½-2 tsp dried mango powder (available at www.kryddlandet.se) or Asian food markets
450g of fish fillets, such as cod, haddock, salmon,trout
15 g fresh coriander leaves and stalks, chopped

1 large egg,beaten
60-70g fresh breadcrumbs(about 2 large slices, to bind

Grind together the cloves, cinnamon and cumin seeds to a fine powder (I use my coffee grinder)
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a small non-stick frying pan and fry the onions. I always fry my onions on a medium heat to get them nice and browned.You want them to cook slowly to get that deep color and flavor, but not to burn them.Add the garlic and the ginger and cook, stirring, over a low heat, for a minute.Add the salt and all the spices; cook for another half minute or so.

flake with a fork

Meanwhile cook the fish in a pan in just enough water to cover and cook until they are just opaque- this takes 2-4 minutes depending on the thickness of your fish. Drain in a strainer and then add to a large mixing bowl and flake into pieces.

Mix together the spiced onion mixture, fish and coriander. Taste and adjust the chilli, salt and dried mango powder (for tartness). Stir in the egg and then the breadcrumbs to bind. Use as much as you need for soft cakes that will hold their shape. Form into small, flat cakes.

Heat half of the remaining oil in a large non-stick pan. Add half the cakes and fry over a lowish heat until both sides have browned, around 2 minutes per side. Repeat and drain on paper towel. Serve hot, with salad or as a starter. They will fill you with happiness.

Maple Sugar And Black Cardamom Cinnamon Rolls With Light Mucovado Brown Sugar

Good Morning Sunday

There is nothing more comforting then hearing your child ask you to go bake in the kitchen with them. Like most 5 year olds Lilla A loves Swedish Bullar. I  undoubtedly love American style cinnamon rolls. We have to compromise in this household, and this is what I have come up with. It's a labor of love, and a pretty darn crossbreed if I do say so myself.

A traditional Swedish Bullar is a sweet dough that  is based on the standard dough recipe. Add yeast to sugar-milk, add in flour, sugar, eggs, knead and let rise. Roll out add the toppings which is usually margarine blended with cinnamon and white sugar. Spread on the rolled out dough and rolled, sliced and egg washed and topped with pearl sugar. Mine is not so different, but it is tweaked to add a little pizazz to them.

grind your own cardamom

 In baking do not be afraid to grind your own spices. These are whole black cardamom seeds. If you got yourself a coffee grinder, do give it a try with these. The smell is fantastic. You could also use a mortar and pestle. Give yourself the pleasure of sharing these at your next breakfast table or afternoon tea. I am sure you will agree they will give you  great comfort.

Maple Sugar And Black Cardamom Cinnamon Rolls


recipe as follows:
3-4 teaspoons of whole black cardamom ground. (will equal about 1½ teaspoon of ground ) or just add in already ground.

50g of fresh sweet yeast or 3½ tablespoons of dry yeast
1 cup warm milk

1/3 cup white sugar
½ cup melted coconut oil or you can use butter
1 tsp salt
2 eggs

mmm goodness....

4 cups of flour or more to make a smooth dough

How to filling:

½ cup to 3/4 cup soft butter
½ cup-3/4 cup soft light brown sugar
2-3 tablespoons of good quality cinnamon

1. Dissolve yeast in warm milk
2. Add the rest off ingredients and mix well(.Remember to add in your ground cardamom to the dough) Knead into a ball.
3. Let rise until double in size(about one hour)
4. When ready, roll out into about 1/4 inch thick square-rectangle 
5. Spread softened butter on the rolled out dough 
6. Then sprinkle your cinnamon covering all the edges
7. Sprinkle on the light brown sugar and fan out so it is evenly covered 
8. Roll up your dough. be sure to make it quite tight and uniform so you can get equal slices

9. 

   rolled and ready to slice

   Preheat oven to 400 degrees F or 200 degrees C and line your baking trays-cookie sheets with lovely little wide size muffin liners.¨
10. Slice in to 3/4 inch or less give or take and let rise in a warm spot for about one hour.
11. After they have rises for the second time lightly beat an egg and gently egg wash the tops of your BULLAR/ Cinnamon rolls and sprinkle with if you can find Swedish pearl sugar(maybe at Ikea stores or the internet) or I used Real Canadian Maple sugar granulated sugar  available at www.erablierecarber.com  which just added the most amazing taste and texture.

so nice

You need to bake these for about 8-10 minutes. Watch closely. The maple sugar melts and can burn easily.

Remove from the oven and let cool on a baking rack. Serve warm or these freeze very well. Just reheat in the oven for 5 minutes. I hope you enjoy them. Have a great spring day; where ever you are. Thanks for dropping by and hope to see you again.