lovequilting2

Would you share your recipe?

fabricesta

Yes I will just can't do it right now.

golfer

I am. My mother's parents were from Helsinki, Finland. There name was Kyllonen. My grandmother would make neusau at Christmas. I have tried it once but only once. It is made with yeast.

golfer

I pulled out the recipe and here it is.

1 1/2 cups milk scald, take off heat, add butter or margarine
1/4 pound butter or margarine
(cool to lukewarm then add to dry ingredients)

Put in large bowl:
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 dry yeast
1/4 teaspoon salt

2 eggs well beaten
remove 2 teaspoons of eggs for topping
1 teaspoon cardamom seeds, ground
3 cups flour (enough flour so it is not sticky, but not too much, it will make it hard
2 8/9 inch pan

Add liquids to dry ingredient. Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed with electric mixer, scrapping bowl occasionally.
Add beaten egggs and cardamon seeds, beat thoroughly, then add more flour gradually and using beaters until it gets too thick for beaters. Keep adding flour until it is too stiff to beat with a wooden spoon. Put flour on table and put dough on it and knead in flour until it does not stick to hands.

Butter the bowl, put in the dough, turn over to grease itself (should be like a ball). cover with dish towel, put in a warm place and let rise 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Testing dough, press 2 fingers in 1/2 inch and if small dent remains, it is ready.

Butter pans.

Plait and let rise 1 hour. Brush egg topping and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

This is my Finnish grandmother's recipe.

bunniequilter

Finnish bread also makes the the best French toast. Mix eggs and milk with sugar dab of vanila and the grated zest from an orange. Dip the bread in and fry in a bit of butter. Best French toast you will ever taste.

Laura3

My grandparents were from Finland and they raised my mother and her 16 siblings in Northern Michigan. I love the stories from my mother, my aunts and uncles of growing up Finnish. I think I remember the pasties my mother and grandmother used to make.... My mother still has the license plate that says "SISU" on it....

blueangel

Sounds good