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Kanelbullar

by Lena Katarina Swanberg and Carl Jan Granqvist


Photo: Pål Allan / www.imagebank.sweden.se

Kanelbullar
or cinnamon buns are a classic at Swedish coffee parties. During the golden age of home baking, such parties turned into orgies of sweet yeast breads, small cookies, cookies with fillings, pastries and cakes.

This tradition lives on in Sweden. If you are invited to someone’s home for coffee, you always get a cinnamon bun, a cookie or a piece of cake with it. And at cafés, dainty little cookies continue to compete with all those supersized American muffins.

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Innkeeper Emeritus Carl Jan Granqvist selected the dishes. Journalist and author Lena Katarina Swanberg wrote the texts.

The authors alone are responsible for the opinions expressed on this web page.

Translation: Victor Kayfetz

© Photos: Pål Allan / www.imagebank.sweden.se

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There are 18 comments on this article:
Sweden.se
Country:  Sweden, Aug 23, 2010
@Nicole: You can also try this Swedish shop: http://www.totallyswedish.com/en

Good luck!
Kaj
Country:  Sweden, Aug 22, 2010
Nicole, have you tryed IKEA they hav a lott of Swedish food....
Nicole
Country:  UK, Aug 16, 2010
Is there any way to get pearl sugar in the UK? my husband is swedish and says kanelbullar isnt the same without it!
Melynda
Country:  England, Jul 8, 2010
I am a swede living abroad and bake the buns and cakes regularly. They don't last very long. My swedish friends always bring Pärl socker (Pearl sugar) with them when they come to visit.
Try exchanging the cinnamon for cocoa or vanilla sugar some time.
hamda
Country:  sweden, May 24, 2010
i have it every day
Lorelei
Country:  China, May 11, 2010
never believed I would miss fika and kanelbullar so much now when I was still in sweden... but I will be back there soon and be with them again... so happy
Elly
Country:  Hong Kong, Mar 22, 2010
I used to dislike cinnamon buns. But after I lived in Sweden, tried kanelbullar from there and baked them myself, I just love them!
Fia
Country:  USA, Mar 5, 2010
You can find Pearl sugar at any IKEA!
Meryl
Country:  South Africa, Dec 1, 2009
I was in Sweden for 6 months on a student exchange and I miss my fika and kanelbullar more than anything! I could try make them myself but it's not the same of not made by a Swede!
Eric Nielsen
Country:  USA, Nov 16, 2009
Anything with cardamom in it is delicious. I even put some in my coffee while I am preparing it. Cardamom bread is also divine.
that guy
Country:  that country, Oct 22, 2009
I am that guy and i hate "kanelbullar"
Tara
Country:  Australia, Oct 21, 2009
I lived in Sweden for 6 months and I miss these the most now lets see if I can make them!!
Kelsey and Nick
Country:  Hawaii/Sweden, Oct 18, 2009
Fika FOREVER!!!!! baking some of these babys right now!
octavian
Country:  romania, Sep 15, 2009
coffee and kanelbullar on the stairs of the Nobel museum in Stortorget on a summer morning ... mmm

@Warren+John - Pressbyran rules :)
Halimah
Country:  Australia, Aug 9, 2009
These are wonderful to eat and are made often in my home. They never last long with my large family.
Does anyone know where one can purchase pearl sugar in Australia? I have only seen it in Sweden.

Andrée
Country:  Canada, Jul 27, 2009
Just came back from vacation in Skane and have frantically been searching for a cardamom bun recipe! I've become an addict! ;-)))
Warren + John
Country:  Philadelphia,USA, Jul 27, 2009
We Love our little coffee break and warm kanelbullar from Pressbyran , yeah we're cheap :) hahhaaa but they're soooo good during cold swedish winter !
Chris and Ellen
Country:  Australia, Jul 11, 2009
oh yeh... these are totally wicked!

 
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