Gary, WV Hungarian Nut Roll

Name: Gary, WV Hungarian Nut Roll
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 1/2-7 cups flour; 1/2 cups sugar; 2 tsp salt; 2 cups milk; 1/2 cup shortening or butter; 2 eggs; 6 3/4 tsp yeast; 2 pounds walnuts, ground; 2 cups sugar; Milk

Rebacco @crunchyroll

Asking for a nut roll recipe is like asking for a chilli recipe, everyone has their own. But if you happened to live in Gary, WV in the 1960s, Christmas season didn't begin until someone dropped off a nut roll at your house. It was probably this one.

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Ingredients

40 mins

24 servings

6 1/2-7 cupsflour
1/2 cupssugar
2 tspsalt
2 cupsmilk
1/2 cupshortening or butter
2eggs
6 3/4 tspyeast
2 poundswalnuts, ground
2 cupssugar
Milk

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Steps

40 mins

1

Start yeast action by placing yeast in 1/4 cup warm water to which 1 teaspoon of sugar has been added.
2

Scald 2 cups milk and add shortening to melt. Set aside to cool.
3

In large bowl mix flour, sugar and salt. Add lukewarm milk and shortening mixture, eggs well beaten and yeast mixture.
4

Mix all ingredients together adding just enough flour so that dough is not sticky. Cover and let rise
at room temperature for 1 hour or until double.
5

Make the filling. To nut and sugar mixture add just enough milk to make a stiff mixture that can be spread.
6

Separate dough into 4 portions. Roll dough to a 14 inch by 17 inch rectangle.
7

Spread nut mixture on dough and roll up starting on smaller end in a jelly roll fashion.
8

Brush lightly with a beaten egg and prick with a fork. Place on a greased cookie sheet with seam down. Let rise until double.
9

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.