The Queen of all Swedish pastries and my ultimate favourite. You cannot miss the irresistible smell of freshly baked kanelbullar coming from every “Pressbyrån” in the metro stations in the mornings.

Once I tasted them I knew we moved to the right country!

What gives the Swedish cinnamon roll its distinctive flavour is the cardamom (حبهان) which is added to the dough, plus the pearl sugar on top. Unlike Cinnabon (an American chain that specializes in Cinnamon rolls and which surprisingly does not have a branch in Sweden), kanelbullar do not have the thick caramel layer on top (which makes them a bit lighter but definitely not to be considered as diet food!).

Since 1999 Sweden has even a national “kanelbullens dag” on the 4th of October of each year. No need to mention that we were happy to join this Swedish tradition!

I tried a number of different recipes along the past months and finally I think I reached a decent result with this recipe which I am most happy to share with you all. Even though the recipe is easy, yet the process is quite long (takes a minimum of two hours or even more) but it’s definitely worth it! Read the rest of this entry »