Sunday, February 2, 2014

Walnut Rolls



These rolls are taking me back to childhood days. Sweet dough I really, really love...even the dough twists sprinkled with sugar. My grandmother was making great dough stuff. She was a cook in a well known restaurant and she knew all classy and fancy - tasty things to make. I like restaurants with identity, where you can eat only the food and ingredients they are preparing.


Ingredients for the dough

  • 1 envelope of the yeast
  • 1-1/2 cup of warm milk
  • 3 tbsp of sugar
  • 1 tsp of salt
  • 1/2 cup of vegetable oil
  • 4 cups of flour



Method
Put the yeast into the bowl, add sugar, 1/2 cup of warm milk and some flour. Stir it and leave it for 5 minutes for yeast to dissolve. Pour in the rest of the milk, add salt and more flour. Mix until the ingredients have combined and add the oil last. Leave dough for at least an hour in a warm place to double.



Ingredients for the walnut cream

  • 2 cups of milk
  • 4 tbsp of flour
  • 4 tbsp of sugar
  • 1 cup of toasted and chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup of buter
  • 2 tbsp of confectionery sugar




Method
Mix the flour and sugar with a little cold milk and make a smooth liquid. Boil the rest of the milk and add the smooth liquid slowly and stir until it stiffen up. Cool down the cream. Mix the butter with confectionery sugar, add the chopped walnuts and the cold cream.


Roll the dough out on a surface to form a flat square shape and cover it with the walnut cream. Roll it in the cylinder shape and cut the equal pieces to put on the pan covered with baking paper. Bake in the oven on the 400F degrees.
If you'd like, you could sprinkle the rolls with some sugar.