Grandma Nelson&#039;s Coffeecake

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Recipe bypkweller

Categories:
- Bread
- Breakfast
- Swedish

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Ingredients:

1-3/4c. Scalded Milk (heated almost to boiling)
1 pkg. Dry Yeast
½c. Sugar
½c. unsalted butter
2 Egg Yolks slightly beaten
4-5 Cardamom Seeds, ground/crushed or ½-1t. ground cardamom
4-5c. Flour
2t Salt
½c. salted butter
cinnamon/cardamon sugar for filling

Heat Milk to almost boiling
pour into mixing bowl and cool to lukewarm by adding sugar and butter
add egg yolks
In a separate bowl, whisk or sift together yeast, cardamom and 2c. flour
Slowly add flour to milk mixture and mix on low-medium for 4 minutes
Add salt to 2c. flour and add to mixture
Turn mixture out onto board or counter and knead in 1 more cup of flour
clean out mixing bowl and add a little oil into the bottom. Add dough, turn over once, and cover with plastic wrap and a clean towel. Put in a warm place to rise double (about an hour)
After it has doubled, punch down and divide into 2 equal parts and refrigerate for 30min-hour (or overnight)
Preheat Oven to 375 degrees
Roll out dough into a rectangle and spread with softened butter, fold in half, roll out again and spread with butter, continue process as many times as you desire.
Finally roll out to a rectangle, spread with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon/cardamon sugar and raisins. Roll up from long end, pinch together to form a ring. With a sharp knife, score the top of the dough about ⅓ deep.
Grease cookie sheet and place dough seam side down. Let rise for 30-45 min, then bake for 20-25min
After cooling, drizzle with glaze.