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Perfect Finnish Semlas

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Ingredients

Filling:

On top:

Instructions

  1. Warm the milk over medium heat until. (The milk shouldn’t boil, it needs to be just lukewarm.)
  2. Pour the warm milk into a big bowl and crumble in the fresh yeast. Mix until combined.
  3. Add sugar, ground cardamom and salt. Mix.
  4. Add about 4 dl of the flour and mix well. Add 4 more dl of the flour and knead. Knead in the soft butter. Then add rest of the flours 1 dl at a time.
  5. Knead the dough about 10-15 minutes on a floured surface. The dough should be smooth and elastic and only slightly tacky to the touch.
  6. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and let it rise twice of its size in a warm place, for about 1 hour.
  7. Preheat the oven to 225°C.
  8. Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a couple of minutes. Separate the dough to about 10 pieces and roll into balls between your hands. Place them on a baking paper on a baking tray, cover with clean kitchen towel and let rise again at least 20 minutes.
  9. Bake the buns in the oven for about 15-20 minutes until they’re beautiful golden brown and cooked inside. Be careful not to burn them on top!
  10. Let the buns cool on a baking rack.
  11. Cut the top of each bun. Spoon about 1-1.5 tbsp raspberry jam into the middle of each bun. Then pipe whipped cream around and on top of the raspberry jam. Cover with the top of the bun. Finish with powdered sugar and enjoy!

Notes

I baked super big semla buns with this recipe, so you can make at least 15-17 smaller buns with it too! Notice that making smaller buns also affects the baking time!