Pulla is a sweet bread from Finland, flavored with cardamom and occasionally with raisins or/and sliced almonds. It reminds me a little bit of Brioche and tastes amazing while still warm out of the oven.
Makes 1 bread
- 2,5 dl milk, luke warm
- 30 g yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 100 g sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 2 eggs, whisked
- 700 g flour
- 100 g butter, room temperature
- 40 g sliced almonds
Warm the milk in a saucepan until lukewarm and dissolve the yeast in the milk. Add the sugar, the salt, the cardamom and 3/4 of the whisked eggs. Set the rest of the eggs aside.
Combine the flour and the butter to the egg – milk mixture and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic.
Place the dough in a bowl and coat the bowl with a wet towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume for about 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 200˚C and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Divide the dough into 3 pieces and shape each piece into a 50 cm long strand. Transfer the pieces onto the baking sheet and braid the strands to form a challah, and let it rise for another 30 minutes.
Brush the Pulla with the rest of the whisked egg and sprinkle with sugar and sliced almonds.
Bake the Pulla for about 30 minutes.
To check if the bread is done, tap the bottom with your knuckles – it should sound hollow.
Happy baking!
I made your delectable special bread & loved every bite,…so delicious too! MMMMM. Beautiful pictures too! X
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Dear Sophie33, I’m so glad you liked the Pulla bread! Thank you for stopping by, warmly, Bridget
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🙂 I just made a vegan cardamom, almond flaked fresh fig bread! I will publish it in a few days! 🙂 xxx
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Wow, that sounds wonderful! I’m looking forward to your next post! Have a nice evening, warmly Bridget
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You too! 🙂 xxx
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I’m Finnish and make pulla every Christmas with my mom and my sister. It’s a shame growing up we would have it year round not just at Christmas! I’m going to compare your recipe with ours (its looks pretty similar at first first glance though). Looking forward to looking through your blog!
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Dear Anneli, thank you so much for stopping by and your kind words. Let me know how the pulla bread turned out… Christmas is not far off.. 🙂 Have a cheerful sunday, Bridget
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thank you so much! I feel very honored and touched by your kind words!
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A work of art Brigette.
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Yum! I love any baked goods with cardamom, so I’m sure this would taste delicious… looks beautiful, too.
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I love carmdamom too, it gives a lovely taste 🙂 Thank you so much for your kind reply, Bridget
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Your pulla looks wonderful!
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Thank you so much, I appriciate your compliment. Warm regards to Finland, Bridget
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lovely bread! May I know how many percent hydration is this dough?
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Hi Danny, the hydration is about 35%. Thank you for stopping by and best wishes, Bridget 🙂
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Thanks for the info Bridget. I would love to try making this 🙂
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You are very welcome. Let me know how it worked out for you and how you liked it.
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Mmmm! My momma loves bread and she would love this. Will have to try this since I don’t cook with cardamon very often.
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