God jul!
It just is not a Norwegian Christmas without Julen Brød. For those of you who have no idea what that means, it is Christmas bread. That is pretty easy to figure out though. Norwegian is the closest language to English that I have found outside of the English speaking world. Norwegian recipes have a special place in my heart in the same way that German ones do. Actually, it’s all Feno-Scandinavian recipes and German recipes. Anyways, if you do not like fruit cake, you may not like this. I do, but that is just me. This is another recipe that is in metric units that you will need to convert. I will convert the temperatures on this one for you. So that will be less work.Enjoy!
Ingredients
· 7 g active dry yeast
· 235 ml warm water, about 110 degrees to 115 degrees
· 100 g sugar
· 1 egg
· 55 g butter or margarine, softened
· 3 g salt
· 2 g ground cardamom
· 470 g whole grain flour
· 70 g raisins
· 120 g diced citron or mixed candied fruit
Directions
· In a mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water
· Add sugar, egg, butter, salt, cardamom and 470g flour and mix well
· Stir in raisins, citron and enough remaining flour to form a soft dough
· Turn onto a floured surface
· Knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes
· Place in a greased bowl, turning once to greased top
· Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
· Punch dough down and divide in half
· Shape each portion into a flattened ball
· Place in two greased 9-in. round baking pans
· Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour
· Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown
· Remove from pans to cool on wire racks.
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