Recipe - Finnish Bixcuits

1 pack Dry yeast
One half cup Warm water
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
8 cup Flour (up to 9)
One half cup Melted butter
4 Eggs; beaten
7 8 cardamon pods crushed or
1 teaspoon Ground cardamon
2 cup Milk; scalded and cooled to
lukewarm

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Stir in milk, sugar, salt, cardamon, eggs and
2 cups flour. Beat until smooth and elastic. Add about 3 cups flour and
beat well. Beat in melted butter, beating until dough is glossy. Keep
adding more flour until stiff dough forms. Knead until smooth. Cover and
let rise until double in bulk (about 1 hour). On floured board, divide
dough into thirds. Then each of the three pieces into thirds. Braid each
making 3 braided loaves. Place on greased cookie sheets and ocver with
cloth, letting rise for 20 minutes. Bake in 400 F oven for 25 30 minutes.
When baked, blaze with a mixture of: 2 Tbsp sugar and enough cold black
coffee to make a glaze. Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange
Newsletter by Judy Ferbert ajewell@sound.net on Jul 15, 1997