🇭🇺 Old-Fashioned Hungarian Nut Roll (Bejgli Style)

🧾 Ingredients:

For the dough:

  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 250 g butter (softened)
  • 50 g powdered sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 7 g dry yeast (or 20 g fresh yeast)
  • 100 ml milk (lukewarm)
  • 1 pinch salt

For the walnut filling:

  • 300 g ground walnuts
  • 150 g sugar
  • 120 ml milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Zest of 1 lemon

For brushing:

  • 1 egg (separated)

👩‍🍳 Instructions:

  1. Activate yeast:
    Mix yeast with lukewarm milk and a little sugar. Let sit for 5–10 minutes until foamy.

  1. Prepare dough:
    In a bowl, combine flour, powdered sugar, and salt.
  2. Add butter, egg yolks, and yeast mixture.
  3. Knead into a smooth dough and let rest for 30 minutes.

  1. Prepare filling:
    Heat milk with sugar until dissolved.
  2. Mix with ground walnuts, vanilla, and lemon zest. Let cool.

  1. Shape rolls:
    Divide dough into 2 portions.
  2. Roll each into a rectangle.
  3. Spread filling evenly and roll tightly like a log.

  1. Prepare for baking:
    Place rolls on a lined tray.
  2. Brush with egg yolk, let dry slightly, then brush with egg white.
  3. Prick with a fork.

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