What is korvapuusti? Korvapuusti means “slap on the ears” in Finnish. Korvapuusti is a Finnish cinnamon roll shaped like slapped ears. They are sweet enriched dough scented with cardamom, filled with buttery cinnamon sugar, rolled up like cinnamon rolls, cut into triangle shapes, and pressed down in the middle to shape like it is. In…
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Finnish Shrovetide buns – Laskiaispulla
Finns love their pulla.Pulla is a sweet brioche type of bread baked with wheat flour. In Finland, pulla dough always has cardamon, at least in all recipes that I use, and that’s the difference with Swedish Semla. This type of coffee bread is common in all Nordic countries in different forms. You can make korvapuusti…
Cinnamon rolls with the extra twist (apples and carrots are involved)
In Finland we have something called “korvapuusti”, “slap on your ear” might be the best translations for it. I love them! This might be the only baked recipe, that I do not manage to screw up! Dough is simple sweet brioche dough.Very versatile to use. What makes Finnish brioche dough special is CARDAMOM. It gives…
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