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Swedish Christmas Limpor Bread Vortlimpor

Make Swedish Christmas Limpor Bread Vortlimpor at home with Yeast, Water, Light Brown Sugar, White Flour, and Salt. Serves 10. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 1 envelope
• 1/4 cup
• 1 tbsp
• 1 1/2 cup
• 1 tsp
• 1 tbsp
• 1 tsp
• 1
• 1/3 cup
• 1 1/2 cup
• 1 tbsp
• 2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Combine the yeast, water and sugar and let stand in a small-bowl until frothy.

2. 2

   Put the white flour in a large mixing bowl and add the salt, aniseed, fennel, orange rind and molasses.

3. 3

   Heat the beer (ale or stout) in a saucepan to lukewarm and melt the butter in it, then make a well in the flour mixture and pour it in.

4. 4

   Before mixing add the yeast and then beat it well.

5. 5

   Set the bowl in a dispan of quite hot water, cover and let the dough rise for 45 minutes to an hour.

6. 6

   Add the rye flour and beat very hard; it should be a light elastic dough.

7. 7

   If necessary add a spon or so of lukewarm water.

8. 8

   Beat for 4 or 5 minutes then set in a pan of water agin, cover and let rise until double in bulk.

9. 9

   Beat the dough down well, then put it in a greased brad pan, set in warm water, cover loosely and let rise 1 hour or more.

10. 10

    Put the pan in a cold oven.

11. 11

    Set it at 375F and bake the bread 15 minutes; reduce the heat to 325F and bake 30 minutes more.

12. 12

    This bread has a fascinating flavor.