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Norwegian Cardamom Buns

April 7, 2025

Norwegian Cardamom Buns

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Would it be ok to place the buns in the refrigerator after they’re shaped and let them long ferment in the fridge overnight to bake in the morning? Coming to room temperature and letting rise for about an hour?

Norwegian Cardamom Buns

I grew up in Norway and this is one of my favorite pastries. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do.

Servings: 9 Buns

Keywords: Cardamom, Buns, Bun, Recipe, Pastry, Dessert, Milk, Norwegian, Scandinavian, Sourdough

Prep Time: 1 hours 0 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 1 hours 25 mins

Ingredients

Instructions

Ingredients

330 ML Whole Milk
450 Grams Flour
10 Grams Salt
150 Grams Butter
½ Tsp Ground Cardamom
130 G Sourdough Starter
35 Grams White Sugar
4 ½ Tblsp Additional Butter for shaping
3 ½ Tblsp White sugar for shaping
½ tsp Additional ground cardamom for shaping
1 Egg

Instructions

Mix the sugar, butter, flour, milk, salt, sourdough starter, cardamom together in a bowl until the dough looks completely smooth cover it and let it rest.
After the dough has rested for 1 hour, do at least 4 coil folds. Cover the dough and let it rest for one more hour before you do another set of folds.
After 4-5 hours, when your dough has almost doubled in size, it is time to roll it out with a rolling pin into a square. Roll it out on a floured surface until it is about half an inch thick.
After rolling out your dough into a square take 2-3 spoons of room temp butter and spread it out as evenly as possible. Use more if you spread your dough out a little extra. Sprinkle the additional white sugar evenly over the surface, and sprinkle the ground cardamom evenly over the surface.
You are now going to fold the dough over itself in half. After folding the dough, you can use a knife to to cut the dough into long strips that are about 1 inch thick. Twist the strips around themselves, take the long end and pull it into the middle and out the bottom. Feel free to get creative and make your own shapes. After baking you might be surprised at the form it takes.
Leave the buns to rise for an additional hour or until visibly puffed up.
Preheat the oven to 375 F
Whisk a whole egg and paint it over the buns.
Bake for 25 Minutes or until golden brown.