Cinnamon and Cream

Classic Italian Panettone with Candied Citrus and Golden Raisins

This tall, feather-light Italian celebration bread is enriched with butter, eggs, and a perfume of vanilla and orange zest, studded generously with homemade candied citrus peel and plump golden raisins. Once you understand the slow, patient rise that builds its signature cloud-like crumb, you will never need to reach for a store-bought box again.

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Swedish Semla Buns with Cardamom, Almond Paste, and Whipped Cream

Soft, cardamom-scented brioche buns filled with fragrant almond paste and billowing whipped cream, these are the legendary Swedish Lent buns that inspire devoted queues outside Scandinavian bakeries every February. Once you make them at home, you will understand exactly why.

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Austrian Krapfen: Pillowy Jam-Filled Doughnuts with a Golden Crust

Krapfen are Austria’s answer to the jelly doughnut: impossibly soft, yeast-leavened pillows of fried dough filled with a bright stripe of apricot jam and dusted in snowy powdered sugar. Once you taste one fresh from the oil, still warm and fragrant, you will never look at a grocery store doughnut the same way again.

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Pull-Apart Cinnamon Sugar Bread with Brown Butter Glaze

Soft, pillowy bread layers coated in cinnamon sugar and baked into a loaf you tear apart piece by piece, each strip glistening with a nutty brown butter glaze. This is the kind of bake that makes your whole kitchen smell like a dream and disappears from the table in minutes.

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Cinnamon Swirl Bread with a Shattery Butter Crust

This pillowy, pull-apart loaf is wound with a thick ribbon of brown sugar and cinnamon filling, then finished with a brushing of melted butter that bakes into a gloriously crisp, golden crust. It is the kind of bread that makes the whole house smell like a bakery and disappears before it has a chance to cool.

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Chocolate Babka with Cinnamon Swirl

This showstopping babka layers a rich dark chocolate and cinnamon filling inside a buttery, brioche-style dough that twists into a gorgeous, pull-apart loaf. Once you slice into that swirled crumb and catch the scent of toasted cinnamon and chocolate, you will understand why this bread is worth every minute of effort.

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Swedish Cardamom Buns with Pearl Sugar

Pillowy, golden buns twisted with fragrant cardamom butter and crowned with crunchy pearl sugar — these are the kind of treat that fills your kitchen with the most irresistible smell imaginable. Once you understand the simple laminating technique, you will want to make them every weekend.

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