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POVITCA – POLISH WALNUT BREAD

Source of Recipe

Great Grandma Fischer


List of Ingredients

½ cup sugar
2 packages active dry yeast
1 tsp salt
¼ cup warm water
¼ cup butter or margarine
4 egg whites
1 cup milk, hot
4 ½ cups flour


Filling:
3/4 cup milk
4 cups walnuts, finely chopped
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 tsp. vanilla

2 tbsps. butter, melted




Recipe

Stir sugar, salt and butter into hot milk; cool to lukewarm. Sprinkle yeast over warm water in large bowl; stir to dissolve. Stir in lukewarm milk mixture. Add egg whites and 2 1/2 cups flour; beat at high speed with electric mixer. With a wooden spoon gradually beat in remaining 2 cups flour. Knead with hand until dough is stiff enough to leave side of bowl. Place dough in lightly greased large bowl. Turn the dough over to bring up greased side. Cover with a towel; let rise in warm place, free from drafts, until double in bulk, about 1 hour.

In frying pan, fry nuts til just golden, stirring constantly. Scald milk. Add sugar, 1/3 cup butter and cinnamon to nuts. Stir filling to blend well. Add scalded milk to nut mixture and remove from heat. Shape dough; punch down dough. On lightly floured surface turn out dough; cover with bowl and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Roll out dough to a rectangle 30 inches long by 20 inches wide. Spread with filling, to 1 inch from the edge. Starting from wide side, roll up, as for jelly roll. With palms of hands, roll back and forth so that roll is even all over. On large greased cookie sheet, form roll into a large coil, seam side down. Let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and brush the roll with the melted butter. Bake 35 to 40 minutes until golden. Cool on wire rack. Slice crosswise 1/4 inch thick. Makes a 4 pound loaf.