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Hungarian Poppy Seed and Walnut Rolls

Traditional Hungarian Christmas dessert with poppy seed and walnut.
Prep Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Servings 8 Rolls - 4 Poppy Seed Rolls and 4 Walnut Rolls
Author Anna @ Anna Can Do It!

Ingredients

  • 1000 gr Flour
  • 250 gr Margarine
  • 0.5 cup Warm Milk
  • 40 gr Yeast
  • 2 Egg yolkes
  • 100 gr Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Coconut oil
  • 0.75 cup Sour cream
  • 1 Egg for the egg wash
  • 300 gr Ground Poppy seed
  • 300 gr Ground Walnut
  • 2 x 250 gr Sugar
  • 2 x 1.25 cup Water
  • 2 x 0.5 cup Raisin + 1 cup Hot Water
  • 1 Lemon zest
  • 2 x 2 tbsp Peach jam

Instructions

  • First, start with the dough.
  • Add the warm milk to a big mixing bowl. Add the sugar and the yeast. Let the yeast rise for 30 minutes.
  • After the yeast is ready to add all the remaining ingredients of the dough and start working them together. It probably will look and feels like it's dry, but don't give any more liquid. After a few minutes of mixing and kneading it'll become a ball of dough.
  • Let the dough rest for at least 30 minutes, but 1 hour is better, in a warm place. Make sure you cover it!
  • Now the filling. Both filling are fairly simple, all you have to make a simple syrup in two pans with the sugar and the water.
  • Boil the syrup, then pour it onto the poppy seed and the walnut.
  • Re-hydrate the raisins with a cup of hot water.
  • Mix the raisins with the poppy seed and the walnut filling.
  • Cut the dough into 8 pieces. Roll them out to a rectangle shape.
  • Brush them with the jam.
  • Fill 4 with the poppy seed and 4 with the walnut and roll them up.
  • Brush them with the egg wash.
  • Pierce the rolls with a fork, so they won't tear open while baking.
  • Bake them on medium heat for 20-30 minutes.