Hedeg Kilet (Nut/Poppyseed Roll)
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INGREDIENTS
  • DOUGH
  • 1 teaspoon yeast
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm milk
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1/2 lb melted butter
  • 1 cup cream or half-and-half
  • 4 egg yolks, beaten
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 4 cups flour
  • canned poppy seed filling (optional)
  • WALNUT FILLING
  • 1 lb ground walnuts
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup warm milk
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • FILLING:.
  • Mix all ingredients together to form a paste.
  • Spread with filling.
  • Sprinkle with butter; roll into loaves as for a jelly roll; let stand 2 hours.
  • Brush with egg white slightly beaten.
  • Bake for 35 minutes.
DIRECTIONS
  1. Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk; add 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 tablespoon flour; set aside.
  2. Melt butter; add 1/2 and 1/2 cream and beaten egg yolks; add this mixture to the yeast mixture.
  3. To the combined mixture add salt, 1 tablespoon sugar and flour; mix together, and divide into 4 parts.
  4. Put in refrigerator overnight.
  5. Oven at 375ºF.
  6. Roll each part 1/2 inch thick.
  7. 16 servings
  8. 3 hours
  9. 2¼ hours prep
RECIPE BACKSTORY
I think this is Humgarian. At least, it is Slavic. Times do no include overnight refrigeration. The number of servings is a guess. There are 2 fillings here: one is poppy seed from a can, the other is a walnut filling.