I remember one of my favorite things about visiting my grandparent's was freshly baked cardamom bread with butter and homemade raspberry jam. Quite delightful. I found some strawberry freezer jam that I made a while ago and decided that I needed cardamom bread to go with it. I looked through my mom's old family recipe boxes with no luck. We emailed my grandpa to see if he had the recipe, but he couldn't find it. So, I trusted my mom to Google it. She picked the one at the top of the list, and I made it. While the taste turned out okay, I'm not overly impressed with the recipe as a whole. I followed the directions. I promise. But the dough was dry, tough, impossible to knead. There was no way to make it into pretty braided loaves. If I remember correctly, the bread my grandmother made had a much stickier dough. It also sliced better and tasted better. This stuff tastes okay, but falls apart very easily. So, my search continues for the right recipe! (I will, of course, share it with you when I find it.)
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