This basic recipe is for Tea Rounds (Tekakor). The Rose Bread (Rosenbröd) and Crecent Rolls use the same ingredients but are topped with poppy seeds.
Tea Rounds
For breakfast, serve Tea Rounds with butter and jam. Paired with coffee or tea.
Make a Shrimp Sandwish (Räkmacka) with Tea Rounds, the classic open face sandiwish for the 3 o'clock fika break.
Rose Breads and Crecent Rolls
Nice bread to serve as dinner rolls.
Ingredients
- 40 grams yeast
- 500 ml whole milk
- 50 grams butter
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1.8 liter (about 900 grams0 wheat flour
- poppy seeds if baking Rose bread or Crecents
Directions making the dough
We used a German dry yeast which we, mixed with the flour, according to the instuctions on the package. The original recipe, however, calls for 40 grams regular yeast (the refridgerated version) which is crumbled and mix with little of the cold milk.
- Melt butter in a pot.
- Add milk to melted butter and heat until warm
- Combine the warm milk and butter with salt and sugar in a bowl.
- Combine flour and yeast if using dry yeast.
- Add flour little at the time and mix. Work the dough on baking surface until shiny and smooth.
- Place dough in a bowl, cover with a towel and let it rise to twice it's size.
- Bring the raised dough onto baking surface and follow one of the directions below.
Directions - Tea Bread
- Follow the directions above for making the dough.
- Divide the dough into 10 pieces.
- Rool each piece into 1.5 cm think rounds.
- Use a fork and and make
- Place on baking sheet, cover with towel and let the rounds rise.
- Heat the oven to
- Brush each bread with warm water.
- Bake rounds until ready, about minutes.
Directions - Rose Bread
- Follow the directions above for making the dough.
- Divide the dough and form into 15 balls.
- Place on baking sheet, cover with towel and let the rolls rise.
- Heat the oven to
- Slit a cross on top with a knife on each bread.
- Lighly whisk some egg whites.
- Brush each bread with the egg white and sprinkle poppy seeds in top.
- Bake rolls until ready, about minutes.
Place a rose bread on each bread plate, and some butter on the side, at dinner.
Directions - Crecent Rolls
- Follow the directions above for making the dough.
- Divide the dough into two ball shapes.
- Roll out each ball to a a thin round.
- Cut each round like pizza.
- Roll each slice thightly from the wide end.
- Place on baking sheet, cover with towel and let the rolls rise.
- Heat the oven to
- Lighly whisk some egg whites.
- Brush each roll with the egg white and sprinkle poppy seeds in top.
- Bake rolls until ready, about minutes.