Susan's cardamom buns

Method

1. 1

   Crumble the yeast into the milk and stir until it has gone. Add the butter, sugar, cardamom and salt, then the flour, and knead for ten minutes until the dough leaves the bowl clean.

2. 2

   Cover it and leave it somewhere warm for an hour, until it has doubled.

3. 3

   Roll it out to a rectangle about the size of a tea towel. Spread the filling right to the edges, fold it in three like a letter, and cut it into twelve strips.

4. 4

   Twist each strip, wind it twice around two fingers and tuck the end underneath. Leave the buns on a tray for half an hour.

5. 5

   Brush with egg, scatter with pearl sugar, and bake at 225 °C for ten to twelve minutes, until deep gold.