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Coffee Cakes & Sweet Breads

Saffron Bread (Saffransbröd)
This Saffron Bread, sunny yellow and plump with raisins, tastes incredible both fresh and when toasted and spread with butter.
Cinnamon Rolls (Kanelbullar)
Scandinavian cinnamon rolls are light, delicately spiced sweet breads that marry perfectly with a cup of coffee or tea.
Sweet Yeasted Bread (Vetebröd)
Sweet yeasted breads in Scandinavia are formed into a variety of beautiful shapes depending upon the occasion. Spiced with cardamom, they are far less sugary than most processed coffee breads.
Basic Cardamom Dough
Basic Cardamom dough forms the base for numerous Scandinavian yeasted sweet breads, coffee cakes, buns, and rolls.
Almond Rusks (Swedish Mandelskorpor)
Flavored with almonds, these rusks are one of the many delicious Scandinavian varieties of the twice-baked sweet breads that have become standard snacks in European and American cafes.

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