Swedish Limpa Bread

My sourdough starter is on the backburner for a couple of days while I attempt to strengthen it, so today I tried something a little different.

I have been enjoying the show "Breaking Bread With Tony Shaloub" and this weeks episode mentioned Limpa Bread in it. It sounded really lovely so I found this recipe: https://true-north-kitchen.com/swedish-limpa/ and decided to give it a shot.

The kitchen smelled insanely good all afternoon, from toasting the anise to baking the bread! I also was debating putting it into a loaf pan but im glad I didnt. This ended up looking so cute!

As for the bread its incredibly soft and delicious. The orange zest and anise are very light flavours in it, mostly giving it a strong aroma. It isn't particularly sweet but I feel like a piece of this toasted with butter will make the perfect accompaniment to a cup of tea.

Also if the crumb doesn't look great I have to admit I did not wait until it was completely cool to cut into it….. we got impatient so it was a bit soft while cutting. I do not think it was undercooked.