Grandma's Swedish Cardamom Bread – World Spice

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1 package yeast, active dry or compressed
• 3 tablespoons warm water (lukewarm for compressed yeast)
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup milk, scalded and cooled
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1 teaspoon Green Cardamom Pod , crushed and seeds freshly ground or 1 teaspoon Cardamom Seed , ground
• Grated peel of 1 orange (optional)
• About 5 cups unsifted regular all-purpose flour
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon milk