Instructions: Beat one egg with 3/8 cup sugar until foamy. Put milk, then egg beaten with sugar in bread-machine. Place other ingredients in bread-maker in given order. Set bread-maker on dough mode & start . When dough is ready, dump onto lightly floured surface. Slice dough into 6 equal portions, roll each portion into strips 12 to 16 inches long. Use 3 strips each, to braid into 2 loaves & place on lightly buttered cookie sheet. Cover with towel & let rise for about 40 min.

Glaze braided loaves with one beaten egg & sprinkle with 1 tbsp. sugar.

Bake in 375 degree oven for 25 minutes.

NOTES : Im of Swedish descent and I grew up having cardamom bread around the holidays. Im not sure why we only had it then, but we did.

This is a bread machine version of Finnish Pulla, which tastes just like my grandmothers Swedish cardamom bread. Its yummy. My bread machine calls for the dry stuff in the pan first, which is what I did (as opposed to the way the directions read) and it turned out fine.

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