How to make delicious cinnamon buns

Just a little picture guide on how I make my delicious cinnamon buns, with apple! They are very yummy!

I made 41 buns, but I assure you they didn't last for long ;) (well, it's 38 left. At the moment...)

You can find the recipe in Swedish here and in english here:

Cinnamon Spins with apples
Portions: 36 pc

100 g margarine or butter
5 dl milk
50 g fresh yeast
1 dl sugar
1 tsp cardamom
1 / 2 tsp salt
13-14 dl wheat flour

Filling
150 g margarine or butter
1 dl sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla sugar
2-3 apples

Garnish
1 egg
Nib or granulated sugar


Do like this
1. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add milk and heat to 37 ° C. Bit down the yeast in a bowl and stir down the butter and milk. Add sugar, cardamom and salt. Work in almost all flour to a smooth dough. Let it ferment covered with baking towel about 30 minutes.
2. Stir the ingredients for the filling except apples. Peel, stone and cut the apples into small cubes.
3. Remove the dough of flour and knead the bench. Divide dough into 2-3 parts. Roll out each piece into a flat about 30x50 cm, wide on the fill. Sprinkle over apple dice in half the dough and fold it double. Cut the strips about 3 cm wide, divide them in half but let them stay together in the upper edge. Twist them together into a "knot".
4. Put the buns on plates. Ferment them covered with a towel, about 25 minutes. Turn on the oven to 250 ° C.
5. Whip up the egg and brush the buns. Sprinkle over the sugar.
6. Bake the buns in the oven 6-8 minutes. Let them cool on the screen, under a towel.

Comida deliciosa!!

35 buns left now... ;)

Why I miss Småland...

I just took a quick look at my pictures from the last three weeks...
Oh man, I really miss the forest, the fresh air, a big garden where you can pick fresh fruits and berries of the trees and bushes and run around barefoot in the grass!

Nicaragua might not be able to offer me the company of my moms dogs, neither will I be able to pick blueberries, raspberries and chanterelle in the forest. But I guess that they have other things to offer, experience and taste. So I'm really looking forward to this trip, although I might miss my home in Småland a little bit....

It's not only in Småland that you can find blueberries and raspberries. My sister Anna and I went out to the forest yesterday and picked some. Then we ate it all with a lot of ice cream! Yummy!

Celebrity for a day...

I just have to brag a little bit now, because I succeeded in getting my face in the local newspaper here in Småland, yay! I became a celebrity for a whole day! ;)

It's a article about my upcoming trip to Nicaragua. Sorry my non-Swedish speaking fellows, it's all in Sweetish. But the photo is international! =)


Only minor errors in the article: The windpowertech course isn't part of SIDA's education and the organisation in Nicaragua is called Aso Fenix. Otherwise okay!

You can also find a part of the article on the world wide web (wow! this www is really huge... ;): Vimmerby Tidning

Visiting Fallhult, in Småland (situated in the south east)

I'm spening these two weeks (28-29) in a village called Fallhult, where my parents live. As most of you already know, my parents runs a farm and a car repair shop there. I enjoy helping them out while visiting. That's my way of "relaxing" =)

Although all of the animals (sheep's and cattle's) are outdoor, feeding on the grass and there's no harvest at the moment, there's still things to do on a farm. Lucky me! =)

Here's some ot the things I've been doing these days:
-cleaning fences and house walls
-driving the tractor (for various purposes)
-cutting the lawn
-helped my friend paint there house
-assist at a 2 day long dog-shepherd competition
-clean the car repair office
-taking long walks with the dogs =)
-pick blueberry's and chanterelle in the woods
-visit friends and relatives
-etc....

I'll add pictures of that later on...

This is the view from my parents house, in the backyard, on different times of the day and various weather conditions:




And here are some macro pictures of the fauna in my parents garden:

Comment on my blog posts

Just wanna let you know that it's now possible to add your comments here at my blog (click on "comments" in the bottom of every post). Please feel free to add your thoughts...

New compact camera 2/7 -09

My new camera, a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1 (shock and waterproof), arrived this week and I've already tried it out! Very pleased =)



Yesterday I was visiting Liseberg (a amusementpark) and took some pics while riding the roller coasters (I'll add the movie clip here as soon as possible):



And today I tried it out by the sea while sunbathing and cooling down in the water. Here is a picture of the sunset at Saltholmen, Göteborg:

Early morning walk (another sidetrack) 1/7 -09

This morning we (me and Isabell) woke up at 05.00, since Isabell had to catch the early train home. After accompanied here to the tram at about 06.30, I took a 2 hour long and very nice walk around in the forest nearby. I really like this area, with all the forest and little ponds. Hope these pictures will, as it did for me, give you some recreational and calming feeling. I wish you all a very nice day!