Hungarian Nut Roll
Prep Time:
3 hours,
30 minutes
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 stick margarine or butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 package dry yeast
- 1/3 cup lukewarm water
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 4 1/2 cup flour
- 5 cup ground walnuts
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Scald milk.
- Add salt, margarine and sugar.
- Stir to dissolve and let cool.
- Meanwhile, dissolve yeast in the lukewarm water.
- In a large metal bowl, add to the above cooled mixture.
- Then, add in the beaten eggs.
- Stir in flour. Dough will be firm, but keep mixing with spoon by hand until dough is very smooth. It will form a ball and loosen from the sides of the bowl.
- Sprinkle lightly with flour all around, including the underside.
- Cover bowl with a dishcloth and let rise until it doubles in size, 1-2 hours.
- On lightly floured surface, cut dough in half.
- Roll out one of the halves of dough to make a rectangle, 10-by-15-inches.
- Combine ground walnuts and sugar.
- Spread half the nut mixture evenly onto dough.
- Moisten edges of dough with water and roll up, starting with the long end.
- Place on a greased cookie sheet.
- Repeat with remaining dough and nut mixture.
- Cover and let rise one hour.
- Bake 35-40 minutes, until lightly browned.