Slovak Christmas Walnut Poteca
Poteca


Slovak Christmas Walnut Poteca

1 pound butter or margarine
2 cups white sugar
12 eggs yolks
1 teaspoon salt
4 cups warm milk
2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
5 pounds all-purpose flour
1 (16 ounce) jar honey
3 1/4 cups hot milk
3 1/2 cups white sugar
12 egg whites
5 pounds ground walnuts

Beat butter, 2 cups sugar, and egg yolks. Dissolve yeast in 4 cups of
warm milk. Add salt. Combine with flour and knead until dough is no longer
sticky. Cut into 14 equal pieces. Place on floured wax paper and cover
with tea towels, let rise while making nut filling. Heat oven to 350
degrees F (175 degrees C). Combine honey, 3 1/4 cups hot milk, 3 1/2 cups
white sugar, egg whites and ground walnuts.
Roll out one piece of dough into a large rectangle about 3/4 inch thick
and spread with about 1 1/4 cups filling. Roll up jellyroll fashion and
place on cookie sheet, seam side down. Brush with an egg wash (1 egg
beaten with 1 tablespoon cold water).
Repeat with remaining dough. You may bake 2 rolls on a sheet.
Bake 35 minutes.



Poteca

1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
4 tablespoons milk, lukewarm
1 teaspoon white sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup butter
4 tablespoons white sugar
6 egg yolks
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups milk
1 cup butter, melted
2 (6 ounce) jars honey
1 to 2 cups raisins
1 1/2 pounds walnuts, chopped
ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one large
baking sheet. Dissolve yeast in 4 tablespoons lukewarm milk. Add 1
teaspoon sugar and 3 tablespoons flour. Stir well and set aside. Cream 1
cup butter with 4 tablespoons sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time. Add
yeast mixture and mix well. Add 5 cups sifted flour, salt and 1 1/3 cup
milk and beat well. Beat dough for 10 minutes or until bubbles form.
Cover with flour and let rise 2 hours. Cut dough in half and roll out
each half as thin as possible on floured board. Spread each half with
melted butter, honey, raisins, walnuts and douse with cinnamon. Roll up
like jelly roll, place on baking sheet, allow to rise and bake for one
hour.

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