School Bread
Served at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall and Kringla Bakeri of Kafe

Ingredients:

.5 qt Water
3 oz Yeast (dry)
3.5 oz Sugar
2.5 oz Butter (melted)
1 tsp Cardamom
2 lbs Flour
1 ea Egg

Instructions:

Heat water and butter to 95 degrees F. Mix flour, sugar, cardamom, yeast, and egg together for about five minutes until dough is stiff.

Form it like a ball and place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let proof for  45 minutes, or until dough has doubled in size.

Roll the dough out like a sausage and cut it into five ounce pieces.

Roll each piece into a ball and put them on a non-stick sheet pan and let them proof for 30 minutes.

Bake for 15 minutes in 375 degree oven. Let cool.

Mix powdered sugar and water (use small amounts until proper consistency is achieved) to make icing and place in shallow pan.

Form hole in bread using finger. Dip bread in icing (hole side down) and sprinkle with shredded coconut.

Using a pastry tube, squeeze vanilla custard into hole and swirl at top for decoration.