Walnut Sweet Bread

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== Description ==
In Romanian: Cozonac cu nuca
== Ingredients ==
* 2 lbs / 1 kg flour
* 10 oz / 300 g sugar
* 1½ cups milk
* 6 eggs
* 2 oz / 50 g yeast
* 7 oz / 200 g butter
* 2 tablespoons oil
* vanilla stick
* salt
=== Filling ===
* 10 oz / 300 g ground walnuts
* 1 cup milk
* ¾ cup sugar
* ¼ cup rum
* vanilla
== Directions ==
# Make a starter from yeast and a teaspoon of sugar. 
# Mix until the consistency of sour cream, add 2 - 3 tablespoons tepid milk, a little flour and mix well; sprinkle some flour on top, cover and let sit in a warm place to rise. 
# Boil the milk with the vanilla stick (cut in very small pieces) and leave it on the side of the range, covered, to keep warm. 
# Mix the yolks with the Sugar and salt, then slowly pour the tepid milk, stirring continuously. 
# Place the risen starter in a large bowl and pour, stirring continuously, the yolk-milk mixture and some flour, a little at a time. 
# Then add 3 whipped egg whites. When you finish this step, start kneading. 
# Knead, adding melted butter combined with oil, a little at a time, until the dough starts to easily come off your palms. 
# Cover with a cloth and then something thicker (like a blanket). 
# Leave in a warm place to triple in bulk. 
# If during kneading the dough seems too hard, you may add a little milk. 
# If, on the contrary, the dough seems too soft, you may add a little flour. 
# When the dough has risen well, take a piece of it, place on the floured work surface, give it the desired shape (round, oval, braided, etc.) and place in the baking pan previously greased with butter. 
# Let rise some more in the pan in a warm place.
=== Filling ===
# Melt the sugar in the warm milk with vanilla in a pot on the range.
# When the sugar is melted, add the walnuts and keep stirring. 
# After a few minutes of boiling, and after the filling has thickened, remove from heat and add rum. When the filling is cold, roll a sheet of dough about one finger thick, uniformly spread the walnut filling on top and roll like a jelly roll. 
# Grease a bread pan, place the roll inside, let rise for a while and then set in the oven to bake at medium heat.
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Category:Dessert loaf Recipes