01/02/2026
This bread called ‘VOISILMÄPULLA’ in Finland. Also known as Butter eye bun.
The scent of cardamom, the harmony of soft bread and sweet butter is wonderful.
Cardamom contains chemicals that might kill some bacteria, reduce swelling, and help the immune system☺️
👩🏻🍳 butter eye bun recipe here,
◉ Ingredients
For starter,
1 cup (240g) milk
1/4 cup (55g) sugar
2 1/4 tsp (7g) active dry yeast
For dough,
3 cup (400g) bread flour
1 tsp (5g) salt
1/2 tbsp cardamom powder
1 egg
1/2 cup (113g) butter
For topping,
1/4 cup butter (Divide into 9 pieces)
8 tsp sugar (1 tsp each dough)
2 egg yolks
Pearl sugar
◉ Cooking process
1. Add sugar and yeast to warm milk (not exceeding 36 degrees) in a bowl then leave for 5 minutes.
2. In another bowl, add flour, salt, cardamom powder, egg and yeast milk then mix well.
3. When the dough becomes a lump, take it out of the bowl, add butter and knead it.
4. Knead until the dough doesn’t stick to your work surface or hands. (About 10-15 minutes, It is convenient to use a stand mixer)
5. Cover with a cloth and grow more than over double size in a warm place for 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 360 F (180 C).
7. Divide into 8 equal parts, remove the gas, make it round and pinch the bottom.
8. Place them on a baking pan then cover with a cloth then rise them until double size.
9. Press the center of the double sized dough with your fingers, then put a piece of butter and press lightly. This is a butter eye.
10. Brush egg yolk to each dough twice, pour the sugar on top of butter then sprinkle pearl sugar.
11. Bake at 360F (180C) for about 15minutes.
Bon appétit!