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Poppy Seed Roll
Mak

Ingredients:

Dough
6 cups flour.
6 3/4 tsp dry yeast.
1 tsp salt.
250 g butter.
1/2 cup sugar.
2 cups warm milk.
4 eggs.

Filling
435 g walnuts, finely chopped.
210 g poppy seeds.
3 egg whites.
2 cups icing sugar.
1 tsp vanilla.
1 tbsp cinnamon .

 

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Method:

Dough
Scald the milk in a saucepan and set it aside to cool. Melt the butter and also set it aside to cool.

Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl and make a well in the centre.

Dissolve the yeast in the scalded milk. Pour it into the dry ingredients along with the butter. Break into the mix the three eggs and mix together thoroughly.

Cover the dough with a towel. Place it in a warm place to rise, until double in size, about 2 hours.

Remove the dough and place onto a floured board. Knead the dough then divide into six equal parts. Set each piece aside to rise another 10-15 minutes.

Filling
Mix all the filling ingredients together well.

Roll out each piece of dough and spread the filling on to each. Bring the ends of the dough in and roll up. Pinch the ends and place each role on a baking sheet. You should be able to get three rolls on one sheet.


Brush the top of each roll with beaten egg.

Bake at 190 Celsius until brown for about 30 minutes. To test for doneness, lightly tap the top of each roll with a fork. If they sound hollow, they're done.

Remove and allow to cool.

 


 


About this Recipe:
Many eastern European countries have recipes for Poppy seed rolls. This one is based on a Slovak recipe, called Kolache from Kathleen Crisley. Kathleen's Slovak grandmother was famous in the family for her Kolache. In Ukraine it is called Makivnek, in Russia Mak which is the word for poppyseed.

Another way to make the Poppy seed roll so it doesn't burst open as it bakes, is to roll in each side to meet together in the middle, like a scroll.

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