Grandma Nett's Swedish Coffee Bread

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3 (1/4 ounce) packages dry yeast
• 1/2 cup water, lukewarm
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 4 eggs
• 8 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 mix yeast and lukewarm water in a large bowl to proof and set aside.
• 2 scald milk in a large saucepan. add butter, sugar, salt, and cardamom to milk and cool to lukewarm. once milk is lukewarm, add to yeast mixture.
• 3 add eggs and mix well.
• 4 add half the flour, mix, add remainder, mix and knead on floured board until smooth and satiny.
• 5 place in lightly buttered bowl, turning over once to coat with shortening. cover with thin towel. let rise in warm place until double.
• 6 punch down and form braids on greased baking sheet. (divide in 2, then each half in 3, then each of these in 3 . braid 3 portions together. total 6 short loaves.).
• 7 let rise and bake until golden and springs back when thumped.
• 8 no temp given, but we assume 350 and about 25 minutes to bake.