Recipe courtesy of Mary Tomcanin & Ann Koren

This recipe is also good for apricot rolls, poppyseed rolls or lekvar (prune butter) rolls.

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Nut Filling Ingredients: (This can also be used in nut horns.)

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 7 cups finely ground nuts (commonly walnuts)
• 1/2 cup evaporated canned milk
• 2 sticks of melted butter
• 4 egg whites whipped to frothy to dry (save egg yolks)

Nut Filling Directions:

Mix the first 5 ingredients until moist. Lightly fold in the egg whites until blended. Set aside to mix dough.

Dough Ingredients:

• 3 packets of dry yeast, 1 strip
• 4 Tbsp warm water
• 1 stick butter
• 1 stick margarine (Blue Bonnet)
• 10 Tbsp sugar
• 3 eggs + 3 additional egg yolks (from the eggs from nut filling)
• 1 cup sour cream
• 7 cups flour
• 1 tsp lemon extract
• 2 egg yolks beaten with a fork + 2 Tbsp cold water (set aside)

Dough Directions:

Place yeast in mug with 4 Tbsp warm water and 1 Tbsp sugar. Let raise for 5 minutes.

Cream the butter and 9 Tbsp sugar together until blended. Add one egg at a time (3 eggs + 3 additional egg yolks). Blend well then add the sour cream to the mix. Next add the yeast mixture and 3 cups of flour and lemon extract, mix well.  Lastly add the remaining 4 cups of flour. Knead well.

Make 6 balls approx 12 ounces each. Let rest for 5 minutes. Take one ball and knead it with flour, pat it like a disk and roll into a rectangle about a 1/4 inch thick, approx 13 in wide. Take one section of the nut filling and spread it with an icing spreader onto the dough all the way to the edge. Fold each side of the dough about 1/2″-1″. Then roll the dough. Make sure the end is on the bottom when finished. Pat the log to take the air out and slightly shape it. Place on a lightly greased, parchment paper. Get a fork and slightly piece the log 6 times length wise. Let rise 1 hour covered with saran wrap and a towel. After an hour, brush the egg wash over the entire log before baking. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes then remove from oven and reapply the egg wash to the roll. Bake for 5 more minutes. Let cool and slice before serving.

*Can be garnished with cream cheese icing and ground nuts before slicing.