Chocolate Walnut Povitica

Name: Chocolate Walnut Povitica
Prep time: 3 h 30 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons active dry yeast; 473 milliliters all purpose flour, divided; 1 egg; 1 egg white, lightly beaten; 1 egg yolk, beaten; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 59 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 Tbsps sugar, divided; 24 servings Sugar; 59 milliliters unsalted butter; 2 Tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 355 milliliters walnuts; 2 Tbsps warm water

Chocolate Walnut Povitica might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 24. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 182 calories, 3g of protein, and 7g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have butter, salt, egg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Make Dough: In a small bowl, combine yeast, warm water, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon flour and let sit until proofed (mixture will start to bubble), about 5 minutes.

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In a small saucepan, scald milk by heating to just below boiling (about 180°F), then let cool to 110°F, about 2 minutes.

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Milk

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In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine milk, remaining sugar, and salt.

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Sugar

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Add yeast mixture, eggs, vanilla extract, and melted butter, and mix to combine. Change to a dough hook, add remaining flour, and kneed until elastic and smooth and dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl, about 5 minutes.

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Place dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let stand until doubled in volume, about 1 1/2 hours.

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Wrap

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Make Filling: While dough is rising, combine walnuts, sugar, and cocoa powder in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until the texture of sand, about 10 pulses. In a medium saucepan, heat milk and butter until just at a boil, then pour over the ground walnut mixture.

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Add egg yolk and vanilla and stir vigorously until combined. Set aside.

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Vanilla

Assemble: Grease baking dish with butter.

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Butter

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Place dough on a clean, floured surface.

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Dough

Roll out until it is a very thin 12-inch square. Cover with filling.

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Roll

Roll the dough carefully from the long end, jelly-roll style, then shape into a U, placing seam side down. Carefully transfer to prepared baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until almost doubled in volume, 30-40 minutes.

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Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.

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Brush dough with egg white then sprinkle with sugar.

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Bake for 15 minutes. Decrease oven temperature to 300°F and bake until golden on top and a thermometer inserted in the center of the dough reads 200-210°F, about 30 minutes.

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