Potica

Recipe origin: Slovenia

Ingredients

• 2 Tablespoons yeast
• 1½ cups milk, room temperature
• 3½ cups flour
• ½ cup, plus 1 cup sugar
• 7 Tablespoons (about 1 stick) butter, room temperature
• 4 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 Tablespoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
• 4 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• 2½ cups ground walnuts
• 4 egg whites, beaten

Procedure

1. Separate the eggs, keeping the yolks in one bowl and the whites in another.
2. In another mixing bowl, combine the yeast with the milk.
3. Add ½ cup of the sugar, salt, and flour and mix to form a dough. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
4. Let the dough rise in a warm place, about 30 minutes.
5. Prepare the filling by creaming the butter, 1 cup sugar, and egg yolks together.
6. Add the cinnamon, cream, and ground walnuts.
7. Preheat oven to 350°F.
8. On a floured surface, roll out the dough. to form a large rectangle. Spread the filling in the center of the dough.
9. Roll up the dough, jelly-roll fashion, and place, seam side down, onto a cookie sheet. Using a clean pastry brush, brush the pastry with egg white.
10. Bake for 1 to 1½ hours, or until golden brown.

Serves 12 to 14.