Vegan Swedish Cardamom Buns

You just have to make this!! It definitely is a crowd pleaser. These vegan Swedish Cardamom Buns are so addictive. We grind the cardamom seeds ourselves in a mortar pestle. You will also get some coarser pieces of cardamom in the bun. This creates a real taste explosion. The buns are spicy, sweet, soft on the inside and crispy on the outside. we can’t get enough of these buns. Delicious next to a cup of tea or coffee. This recipe is simply an absolute winner! We hope we have already persuaded you to make this because we are sure you will love it. Let us know if you will try out these buns. We are curious what you think.

Makes: 10 Swedish cardamom buns
Prep time: 20 minutes
Total time: 2 hours 40 minutes

Ingredients

Dough
180 ml oat milk, lukewarm
1 sachet (7 g) instant dry yeast
50 g sugar
55 g vegan butter, melted (plus extra for coating the buns)
360 g flour
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp cardamom, freshly ground

Filling
50 g vegan butter, soft at room temperature
80 g sugar
1 tsp cardamom, freshly ground

Method

1. Put the lukewarm oat milk, yeast, sugar, vegan butter, flour, salt and cardamom in a bowl and knead with a hand mixer (with kneading hook) for 8 minutes. The dough should feel soft but not stick to your fingers. Form a ball with your hands and return to the bowl. Leave to rise in a warm place for 1,5 hours.
2. Put the sugar and cardamom in a bowl and stir together. Reserve 1 ½ tablespoon and set aside for the last step.
3. Dust your work surface with some flour. Roll out the dough (30 cm wide x 40 cm long). Divide and spread the vegan butter over the dough. Sprinkle the cardamom sugar over the butter. Fold in half lengthwise to enclose the filling. Now lay the dough vertically in front of you so that the shortest part is in front of you. Roll out to 20 cm wide and cut into 10 vertical strips, each about 2 cm wide. Grab a strip and place the beginning between your thumb and middle finger and twist around your stretched index finger and thumb 2 times then loop the remaining end of the strand over and through the center of the bun and tuck it at the bottom of the bun (see the video).
4. Place all the buns on a baking tray with parchment paper, let it rest for 30 minutes under a clean tea towel.
5. Preheat the oven to 180-220 degrees Celsius, depending on the strength of your oven. Brush the buns with melted vegan butter and scoop a spoonful of cardamom sugar in the center of each roll. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Tip: If the rolls are no longer as fresh, you can warm them up very briefly in the microwave (they will become soft) or heat them in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for a few minutes (then they are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside). You can also freeze the buns after they have cooled completely.