Recipe - Finnish Pulla (Coffee Bread)

1 LB
One half cup Milk
1 Egg
2 tablespoon Butter
One fourth cup Sugar
2/3 teaspoon Salt
2/3 teaspoon Cardamom
2 cup Bread Flour
1 One half teaspoon Rapid Or Quick Yeast

1 One half LB
Three fourths cup Milk
1 One half Egg; (1 Yolk Is 1/2)
3 tablespoon Butter
1/3 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cardamom
3 cup Bread Flour
2 teaspoon Rapid Or Quick Yeast

2 LB
Three fourths cup Milk
2 Eggs
4 tablespoon Butter
One half cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 One fourth teaspoon Cardamom
3 One half cup Bread Flour
2 teaspoon Rapid Or Quick Yeast

GLAZE
One fourth cup Sugar
1 Egg; Beaten

Add all ingredients into your bread machine per manufacturer. Use Sweet,
White, Light crust setting. Do not use your timer, as there are ingredients
that will spoil. You can either bake it in a loaf in your machine or use
the dough cycle (MAKE 1 One half lbs. only). Upon completion, remove the dough,
divide it into three sections, braid, and let rise for 30 minutes. Bake in
a preheated 375 degree oven for 2530 minutes. Do not overbake, as it will
dry out.

Glaze method: Add sugar to beaten egg and mix well. Brush on raised bread.
Sprinkle sugar and poppy seeds or chopped or cut or sliced up almonds on the top and
bake. If doing this in the machine, be very careful not to spill into the
machine itself!

NOTES : Jo adapted this bread from her motherinlaw's recipe which she
used to serve each afternoon with coffee. The men in the fields would
listen for the whistle of the afternoon train at 3:00, the signal to go
home for their coffee and pulla. It is usually made in a straight braid,
but may sometimes be shaped into a wreath for special occasions. Jo says
that sometimes she adds a tsp. of vanilla and some chopped citrus fruit for
a slightly different flavor.

Recipe by: Jo Ulvila (in The Bread Machine Cookbook V) pg. 54

Posted to recipeludigest by Jill Proehl jpxtwo@swbell.net on Mar 8, 1998