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Cardamom Knots

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A twisted pastry bun topped with pearl sugar and baked beside a teal mug of milky coffee.
Photo by Laura Edwards

Move over cinnamon rolls, this is the new spiced bun on the block. These Swedish buns, also known as Kardemummabullar, are traditionally paired with coffee and served during coffee breaks in Sweden. Cardamom has an amazing slightly spicy, floral and delicately peppery flavor that is under appreciated, but it is shown off properly in these twisted knots. I particularly like these for breakfast to start the day off well. You need ground cardamom for this recipe; lots of supermarkets and health-food shops sell it, but you can also make your own by splitting open green cardamom pods and grinding the small black seeds using a pestle and mortar.

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