Description
I loved when my grandma would make this recipe as a child. A real Croatian treat. Enjoy! This is time consuming, but worth every minute!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup warm water
- 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
- ¾ cup lukewarm milk
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon lemon extract
- 2 cups finely chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Make bread dough: Combine warm water and yeast together in a large bowl. Let stand until yeast softens and forms a creamy foam
- about 5 minutes.
- Stir lukewarm milk
- white sugar
- shortening
- egg
- and salt into yeast mixture. Mix in flour until a soft
- easy-to-handle dough forms.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and let stand for 10 minutes. Knead dough until smooth and elastic
- about 8 minutes. Form dough into a ball.
- Place dough in a large
- lightly-oiled bowl and turn to coat. Cover the bowl with a damp towel; let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume or until a hole remains when dough is pressed
- about 2 hours.
- Punch down dough and turn onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into a ball and let dough rest for 15 minutes.
- Make filling: Beat brown sugar
- butter
- and egg together in a bowl until creamy. Add milk
- vanilla extract
- and lemon extract; stir until smooth. Stir in walnuts until incorporated.
- Roll dough on a large
- floured cloth into a 20×30-inch rectangle. Spread walnut filling evenly over top of dough
- spreading to the edges. Roll up along the long edge like a jelly roll and pinch edges to seal. Coil roll into a snail shape.
- Grease a 9x13x2-inch baking sheet. Place shaped dough on the prepared sheet and let rise until an impression remains when dough is gently pressed
- about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown
- 40 to 45 minutes.
Prep Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 12