Danish Cinnamon Snails

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Description

Americans would call these cinnamon rolls–but this version is the original Danish version and it’s absolutely wonderful. They are traditionally served with coffee or tea at Christmas time, and they are to die for!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
  • 3 (0.6 ounce) cakes cake yeast
  • 6 ½ tablespoons butter, room temperature
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour, or as needed
  • ⅔ cup butter, softened
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Pour the warm milk into a mixing bowl and mash in the fresh cake yeast. Mix in 6 1/2 tablespoons of soft butter
  2. eggs
  3. cardamom
  4. 2 tablespoons sugar
  5. salt
  6. and 3 1/2 cups of the flour. Use a wooden spoon to mix the dough. If it’s very sticky
  7. mix in the remaining 1/2 cup of flour. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise for 30 minutes.
  8. Cream together the 2/3 cup butter and 1/2 cup sugar. Stir in the cinnamon.
  9. Transfer the dough to a floured surface and knead it until it’s firm
  10. about 3 minutes. Divide the dough in half; roll each half into a rectangle no more than 1/2 inch thick. Spread each rectangle with half the filling.
  11. Stack one layer of dough and filling on top of the other rectangle of dough
  12. filling-side up. Roll the dough up
  13. starting with the edge closest to you
  14. to form a long log. Cut the log into 1 inch-thick slices.
  15. Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  16. or grease a baking dish or two cake pans.
  17. Place the rolls on the prepared baking sheet
  18. spacing them about 3 inches apart. If you like pull-apart rolls
  19. arrange them in a greased baking dish or cake pans
  20. spacing the rolls about 1 inch apart. Place the uneven end pieces on the baking sheet cut-side up for the best presentation. Let the rolls rest 20 minutes before baking.
  21. Bake the snails in the preheated oven until golden brown
  22. about 10 minutes. Pull-apart rolls will take longer to bake: after 10 minutes
  23. reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake the rolls until the sides are fully set
  24. about 10 minutes longer. Cover the baking dish with foil if the rolls begin to get too brown.

Prep Time: 1 hr

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Servings: 15

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