Scandinavian Coffee Bread

Well the moral of the story is that a lot of European pastries contain cardamom and its a familiar taste from childhood that I would have never placed had I not purchased this book. I specifically remember fondly a doughnut shop in or around Kittery that sold these amazing blueberry doughnuts, and their plain doughnuts I'm convinced contained cardamom and lots of butter. So I made this bread for the first time a few years back and proceeded to eat the entire loaf, gladly. I altered the original recipe so that I could utilize my sourdough and I had great success. Not only did I slightly alter that aroma and flavor but it allowed me to make a larger batch. (allowing there to be enough for more than just myself this time) I made some cute little knotty shaped rolls as well as one large braided loaf. Its a slightly sweet and rich bread scented with the glorious lemony flavor of cardamom. I'm still working on technique but regardless of how it looked this was so incredibly delicious. Its such a perfect snack, a cup of coffee or tea and a good book this is such a treat thats just meant to be savored.