MOM'S HOLIDAY NUT ROLL - Catherine Chovanec's Holiday Nutroll
TAKEN FROM THE RECIPE BOOK OF CATHERINE CHOVANEC. IT WASN'T CHRISTMAS UNLESS THIS NUTROLL WAS SERVED AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
Mix together 1
cup canned milk undiluted
1/2 cup sugar, 1 tsp salt
Dissolve 2
packets of dry yeast in 1/2 cup warm water.
Mix the yeast
with the first 3 ingredients.
Stir in 2
whole eggs , 2 egg yolks & 3/4 cup shortening
Mix first with
spoon & then with hands 4 1/2 to 5 cups flour. Work until not sticky, (The
dough hooks of your electric mixer come in handy at this time if you are not as strong as
arm as the ladies were in the early part of this century.)
Raise double
in a covered bowl for 2 hours.
Knead.
Raise
for another hour or until double in size.
Divide in four
parts, Roll on floured surface. Brush with melted butter or margarine.
Spread with nut mixture. Roll as you would a jelly roll.
Place on long
cookie sheets. 2 to a sheet.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes.
Remove from oven. Brush tops with melted butter or margarine.
Cool completely before cutting.
NUT MIXTURE
Scald 1 cup of
milk in a heavy pot. (Nowadays this can be done easily in your microwave. Use a 2
quart size microwave measuring cup.)
Turn off heat,
ADD 1 Pound bag of nuts.
These nuts should be ground finely.
Add 3 eggs, 1 at a time,
mixing thoroughly.
Add 1 1/4 cups
of sugar, 1/4cup water & 1 tsp vanilla.
Turn on heat
& let it come to a boil while stirring. (1 minute) (Again, here you can heat this in
your microwave until it bubbles. Just heat it in 30 second increments until it
bubbles & becomes a spreadable consistency. Remember that your microwave mixture
will continue to cook after you take it out.)
Cool before
slicing.