Swedish Cinnamon Buns

Hello everyone. I’m back with my kitchen diaries and today, I’m going to share to you a famous Northern European delicacy, truly a Scandinavian confectionery. Although it’s been baked all over the world but I have never enjoyed it as good as the Swedish Kanelbullar. I got this recipe from my Swedish family and apparently, it’s a very old receipt. Hope you enjoy!

Swedish Cinnamon Buns

Ingredients:
 50 g yeast
100 g butter
2 dl milk + 2 dl water
1½ sugar
1 egg
1 tsp ground cardamom
½ tsp baking powder
16- 17 dl flour

Cinnamon Buns Filling:
100 g butter
1 dl sugar
2 tbsp cinnamon

For glazing:
1 beaten egg
pearl sugar (optional)

Method:
1) Crumble yeast in a bowl and mix with melted butter, add milk and water. Add sugar, egg, cardamom, baking powder and flour.
2) Knead the dough for approximately 10-15 minutes. Let the dough rise while covered at room temperature for a minimum of 30 minutes.
3) Roll out the dough about 3mm thick and 30 cm wide. Spread butter on top. Mix sugar and cinnamon, spread it on top of the dough.
4) Roll the dough and cut into slices and place upward in muffin liners. Place the cinnamon buns in an oven safe/ baking tray. Cover with cloth and let rise for about 60 minutes or until the buns have doubled in size.
5) Brush the top with beaten egg mixture and sprinkle sugar pearls.
6) Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes at 225 degrees Celsius. Let it cool before serving.

Enjoy! :)

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The Chanel That Was

As an Instagram addict, I saw a lot of bloggers posting photos about the bags they acquired last year, 2017. Well, 2017 has been a good year and I have also purchased my dream Chanel bag- The Classic Flap Bag. So this inspired me to write a blog about my Chanel purchases from 2017, Chanel addict here! Okay, it’s not a lot but I’m truly contented of my Chanel collection right now. Well, almost! Still saving up for my next Chanel dream bag. 

My first Chanel purchase for the year 2017 was in February, a valentines gift for myself, a red colour nail polish.

I got this dream bag on my birthday and I’m so loving it. From the materials to the design, it’s the perfect bag! I admit, I wouldn’t mind having more of The Classic Flap Bag in different colours. I’m not really a fan of the Chanel perfumes, just not really my scent but when I accidentally tried the Allure at a duty free shop, it brings back memories. Then I remembered I already used this perfume back in college. Now, I’m loving the Allure smell, very alluring indeed.

These sunglasses were actually a Christmas present from my Swedish family. Well, let me tell you the story, my second family gave me money as my Christmas gift so I went straight to Chanel boutique. Lol! I’m really happy to have my first ever Chanel sunglasses. And my last Chanel purchase, The Coco Mademoiselle Fresh Moisture Mist. I was gifted a small perfume tester and I so love the smell but I took the mist because it's so fresh and lighter than the perfume.

So here are my Chanel purchases, what’s yours? Crossing my fingers to have more Chanel this year and be able to buy my second dream Chanel bag.

Want to see more of my Chanel collection? Click here and here.

Kisses