Nut Roll (Kolacki): 5 rolls
 
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Susan's grandmother’s nut roll recipe,Kolacki. Aunt Helen, her father’s sister, raised 3 boys and made batches of loaves five at a time. Those boys could eat!
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: dessert, breakfast, baked goods
Cuisine: Slovak
Serves: 40
Ingredients
  • For the dough
  • 1 ounce yeast cake
  • 1 pint warm milk
  • 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 8 cups flour
  • 1 cup softened butter
  • 4 eggs, creamed
  • For the nut filling
  • milk and 1 small jar of honey
  • 5 pounds ground nuts
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 4 egg whites, beaten to peaks
  • For the optional poppy filling
  • ½ pound poppy seed
  • 1 lemon, juiced and rind
  • ½ cup sugar
  • milk and 1 small jar of honey
Instructions
  1. Prepare the dough
  2. Crumble the yeast cake into a bowl and add warmed milk. Add 1 cup flour and sugar whisking to combine. Set aside for about 1 hour, to rise.
  3. To the milk mixture combine butter, remaining cup of sugar and 4 creamed eggs. Combine the remaining 7 cups of flour.
  4. Knead for 30 minutes or until dough stands away from the hand/is not sticky. Add more flour if needed. Set aside until the batter is double in size, a good hour.
  5. Prepare the filling and rolls
  6. Combine equal parts milk and honey until it is of the consistency to spread. Mix all nut filling ingredients and divide into five equal portions.
  7. Divide the dough into five equal portions.
  8. Roll dough out and spread on filling, roll up and place on cookies sheet.
  9. Repeat with four remaining portions.
  10. Brush the tops of each loaf with a beaten egg.
  11. Place rolls in a warm place to rest 15 minutes prior to baking. It will add a bit of “fluff.”
  12. Bake for 30 minutes in a 350 degree preheated oven.
Recipe by phoebe's pure food at https://www.phoebespurefood.com/polish-nut-poppy-roll-recipe/