pulla

plural pullas

1. countableuncountableA sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland.

   Come on, your dad's grabbed us all some pullas and cider.

   2013, Colleen Coble, Rock Harbor Search and Rescue: Lost and Found, page 106

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   "Then we would all have coffee and pulla bread," recalled Hilma Wainio of Spencer.

   1986, Melissa Ladenheim, "The sauna in central New York

   Other locally made items include pulla, a foot-long braided bread flavored with cardamom and priced at $6 a loaf, and wood carvings.

   1991 September 22, Eleanor Charles, “Connecticut Guide”, in The New York Times

   Pulla is a braided yeast loaf, flavored with freshly ground cardamom and sprinkled with chopped almonds and sugar […]

   1992, Joan Potter Loveless, Three Weavers, page 29

   I remember the best, the years on the farm, wild roses and mushrooms that you picked near the pasture, cardamom pulla warm from the oven, […]

   1992, Aili Jarvenpa, In Two Cultures: The Stories of Second Generation Finnish Americans

   You can expect to be served a slice of pulla with your afternoon coffee in any Finnish household.

   2018, Jeff Hertzberg, M.D.; Zoë François, Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion