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"Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite."--Ruth Reichl

Gertrude Whitcher's Finnish Nisu Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 c. warm milk (105-115 degrees)
2 pkg. dry yeast
Dissolve yeast in milk. Let stand 10 min.
1/2 lb. butter, soft or melted
2 eggs, beaten
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
16 cardamom seeds. Remove white papery shell and pound finely in a linen towel with a hammer.
Add and mix all together well
Directions:
Directions:
6-7 c. flour Add 2 c. flour and mix. Add 2 more, mix. Add the rest,
1/2 cup at a time, until dough holds together and is not sticky. Knead in bread machine or by hand. Let rise until it doubled.

Punch down. Shape into (3) braids or individual rolls. Place on baking sheet, cover and let rise again.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until brown.
Paint with sugar dissolved in hot water and sprinkle with sugar.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Daughter to
Hubert 1909
Gertrude Whitcher 1914-2008

 

 

 

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