Gndma's nutroll
The corner stone to any holiday meal in my Hungarian family is nutroll. My uncle was supposed to make it for Christmas but backed out at the last minute. I got the call late on 12/23 asking if I could make it.
SURE!! Nothing is more fun than the grocery store on Christmas eve! I got there just after it opened at 7:30am and it was already a complete ZOO! I never seen so many picked clean shelves! It reminded me of a Havana bodega on Tuesday morning...
Luckily, they had everything I needed. I started out making the dough (flour, egg yolks, sugar, yeast, sour cream, and enough butter to give an elephant a heart attack). I kneaded it for 20 minutes, let rise an hour and then kneaded it again. (PIC 1)
While the dough is working I made up the nut mix. 3lbs of walnuts that were blitzed in a food processor, egg whites, sugar, and a shot of vanilla extract (pic 2)
Rolled out the dough into a disk. With all the butter in the dough, it never sticks to the counter! (PIC 3)
Spread nut mix over disk (PIC 4) and roll up "burrito style" (PIC 5). Recipe makes 4 loaves. Brush with beaten egg and bake at 375 for 35 minutes.
(Sorry, forgot to get photo of finished product)