Hungarian Chimney Cake Recipe (Kürtőskalács)

🇭🇺 Hungarian Chimney Cake (Kürtőskalács)

🧾 Ingredients:

Dough:

• 500 g all-purpose flour
• 1 packet dry yeast (7 g) or 25 g fresh yeast
• 250 ml warm milk
• 80 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 80 g melted butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt

For coating:

• 100 g melted butter
• 100 g sugar (or cinnamon sugar mix, chopped nuts, cocoa, etc.)

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👩‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Warm the milk and dissolve the yeast with 1 tsp sugar. Let it sit for 10 minutes until foamy.
2. In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, salt, egg, vanilla, melted butter, and the activated yeast mixture.
3. Knead into a soft, smooth dough (about 8–10 minutes). Cover and let rise for 1–1.5 hours until doubled.
4. Roll out the dough into a rectangle and cut into long strips.
5. Wrap the strips around a greased rolling pin or chimney cake mold, slightly overlapping.
6. Brush with melted butter and roll in sugar.
7. Bake at 180°C (350°F), rotating often, until golden brown and crispy (about 15–20 minutes).
8. Remove carefully while warm and roll in extra toppings if desired (cinnamon sugar, nuts, coconut, etc.).