easy yeast dough/hungarian cake/dessert
This is our traditional Christmas, Hungarian sweet dessert that comes from my grandmother’s Hungarian roots. It starts as a breakfast sweet roll, then later it is a lunch or dinner dessert eaten like a semi-sweet cake. It’s filled with a nut filling and to sweeten it, we pour a powdered sugar icing all over it. The dough can be shaped into a cross at Easter or a wreath at Christmas. We put candied fruit cherries on top too.
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prep time
2 Hr
cook time
25 Min
method
Bake
yield
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup very warm water
- 1 - egg
- 4 cups unsifted flour
- *** - nut filling recipe to follow.
How To Make easy yeast dough/hungarian cake/dessert
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Step 1Scald milk. Mix in sugar, salt and margarine. Cool to lukewarm.
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Step 2Dissolve yeast in warm water (about 105’-115’).
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Step 3Add cooled milk mixture, egg and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth with electric mixer if desired. Add 1/2 cup more flour and beat again.
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Step 4Beat additional 1 1/2 cups flour by hand. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate from 2 hours up to 2 full days.
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Step 5Remove from refrigerator and roll out on floured surface. At this time, heat oven to 350’-375’.
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Step 6Fill with Nut Filling*** Recipe to follow.
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Step 7Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
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Step 8Brush with egg yolks and a little water before baking to make a shiny surface. Bake at 350’-375’ for 25 minutes.
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