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Cardamom Bread

5 from 1 vote
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Course breads
Cuisine global vegetarian
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup warm milk
  • 2 tsps dry active yeast
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 2 tsp powdered cardamom
  • 2 tsp sugar for sprinkling on ,loaf

Instructions
 

  • Mix the warm milk and a tsp of the sugar. Mix in the yeast. Mix and keep for 10 minutes to proof. Add all the other ingredients and knead well into a dough by hand or with a hand mixer. The dough can be a bit sticky so lightly oil your hands. Cover and keep aside to double in volume.
  • Then push the dough back and divide into 3 long strips and rest the dough for 10 minutes. Pinch together the strips at one end and braid, folding both ends under neatly. Place on a greased sheet, cover to prevent drying out and allow to rise (takes about an hour).
  • Brush with water and sprinkle the 2 tsp sugar over the top evenly. Bake at 180C for 20 minutes till the top is nicely brown.

Notes

This bread is mildly sweet, very soft and flaky with a light crust. When the bread is almost done, the lovely smell of cardamom takes over the entire house. There were only a few crumbs left a couple of hours after I baked the bread!! Need I say anything more?
This bread goes to be part of Bread Baking Day # 04 hosted by Baking History