Hello there! I'm getting ready for my partner's birthday and trying to plan for how to treat him and make him feel really special, and one thing I've wanted to do was to bake him some pulla buns. He took a trip to Finland a few years back that really impacted him a lot and has talked about how much he loved his time there, and one of the things he talked about in particular was pulla and how he misses going to a coffee shop and having a pulla and some black coffee. So I've been planning on baking some for him.

Today I did a test run of baking some pulla, and I'm worried they haven't come out right. They are definitely a bit dry because I overbaked them, but the filling seems to have melted out quite a bit.

My problem is that I don't really have a frame of reference, and I don't want to ask my partner because I want it to be a surprise. Does pulla usually have more filling, is it more like a sweet dessert treat? Or generally more like a lightly sweet bread roll, which feels more like what I ended up with?

Any advice would be hugely appreciated!

by a_hippiebitch

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  2. This looks quite like ”korvapuusti” but without barely any of the filling. Are you following a specific recipe? There’s a lot of variety in pulla recipes.

  3. Use large grained sugar on top. Lots of more butter and brown sugar inside and cinnamon.

  4. That’s a sweet idea.

    There are a lot of different kinds of pulla. The most typical ones being cinnamon roll type ones (korvapuusti) and plain ones with butter and sugar in the middle (voipulla).

    Most recipes call for the use of roughly ground cardamom in the dough and are lightly sweet as the fillings sweeten up the pulla.

    Might be easier to give any suggestions if you share the recipe and or type of pulla you’re trying to make.

  5. It looks like you were trying to make korvapuusti (which is a pulla too). But you need to add a lot more cinnamon the filling. I recommend you to search youtube for korvapuusti to get a frame of reference on how much cinnamon needs to go in the filling layer.

    Also, I’m not sure how easy it is to find in the place where you live, but you can’t skip the cardemom in the dough. Its not pulla without it.

  7. That’s [korvapuusti](https://www.valio.fi/reseptit/korvapuustit/), or cinnamon roll, which is arguably a better treat than “plain” [pulla](https://www.kinuskikissa.fi/pullataikina). From outside and sides yours look very good, but from inside it lacks [visible layers](https://www.kinuskikissa.fi/korvapuustit) and the filling. This might also have contributed to the dryness. So I’d say you are pretty close, just add more filling.

    It’s a very nice idea for birthday.

  8. I suggest you search youtube for “korvapuusti resepti”, and watch a couple or few videos.

    The puusti in your picture doesn’t really look right, you’re correct. You need to knead the dough quite a bit, and have the right assembly, the videos will help with this a lot. You need butter, sugar and cinnamon for the filling. The thickness of the dough when you roll it, matters a lot. If you make it thinner (important: not too thin), the puusti will automatically feel more moist and fluffy. Thicker dough makes for more dense puustis.

  9. Such a nice thought! I’m Finnish Canadian and recently tried to make korvapuusti… I used a combination of this recipe and one I had for Finnish coffee bread that is done in bread machine. Mine did not turn out as beautiful as the pics shown but they were good. My filling also melted out a bit too much. I think I came across a recipe that used melted butter brushed on the dough and then sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Perhaps this will prevent the filling from melting out? I couldn’t find pearl sugar so I made my own.

    https://myblueandwhitekitchen.com/home/2014/10/9/korvapuusti-finnish-cinnamon-rolls

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