olga's potica

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup milk, lukewarm
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons white sugar
• 6 egg yolks
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups milk
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 12 ounces honey
• 2 cups raisins
• 1 1/2 pounds chopped walnuts
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease one large baking sheet.
• dissolve yeast in 4 tablespoons lukewarm milk. add 1 teaspoon sugar and 3 tablespoons flour. stir well and set aside.
• cream 1 cup butter with 4 tablespoons sugar. add egg yolks, one at a time. add yeast mixture and mix well.
• add 5 cups sifted flour, salt and 1 1/3 cup milk and beat well. beat dough for 10 minutes or until form. cover with flour and let rise 2 hours.
• cut dough in half and roll out each half as thin as possible on floured board. spread each half with melted butter, honey, raisins, walnuts and douse with cinnamon.
• roll up like jelly roll, place on baking sheet, allow to rise and bake for one hour.