Hungarian Cinnamon Loaf

Name: Hungarian Cinnamon Loaf
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Eastern European, European
Ingredients: 7 grams package active dry yeast; 3 larges egg yolks; 828 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 2 Tbsps ground cinnamon; 296 milliliters warm milk; 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus more for brushing

Hungarian Cinnamon Loaf requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 35% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 23g of protein, 71g of fat, and a total of 1472 calories. This recipe serves 3. This recipe is typical of Eastern European cuisine. It works well as a main course. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. A mixture of warm milk, ground cinnamon, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the egg yolks you could follow this main course with the Apricot Crumbles as a dessert.

Instructions

In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the dough hook, dissolve the yeast in 1/4 cup of the warm milk.

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Dough

Yeast

Milk

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Sprinkle with a pinch of the sugar and let the mixture stand until the yeast comes alive and starts to foam, about 5 to 10 minutes.

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Sugar

Yeast

Turn the mixer on low speed and add the remaining 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup of the sugar, the 1 cup melted butter, the egg yolks, and salt.

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Egg Yolk

Butter

Sugar

Milk

Salt

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Blender

Add 2 cups of the flour and turn the speed up to medium; continue to mix until incorporated. Gradually add the remaining 1 1/2 cups flour and continue to mix until the dough holds together and pulls away from the sides of the bowl; the dough will be very soft.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.

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Dough

Put the dough in a large bowl. Cover with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours. Test the dough by pressing 2 fingers into it. If indents remain, the dough is adequately risen.

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Dough

Wrap

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Kitchen Towels

Plastic Wrap

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Combine the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and the cinnamon in a small bowl.

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Cinnamon

Sugar

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Bowl

Brush the bottom and sides of a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with melted butter.

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Butter

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Loaf Pan

On a lightly floured work surface, roll the dough into a rectangle about the size of the loaf pan.

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Dough

Roll

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Loaf Pan

Brush the surface of the dough with melted butter and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar evenly across.

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Cinnamon Sugar

Butter

Dough

Roll the dough up, jelly-roll style, into a long cylinder, and pinch the seam closed.

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Jelly

Roll

Put the dough in the prepared loaf pan, seam side down. Make sure the dough touches all sides of the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise a second time, until the top of the dough is nearly level with the top of the loaf pan, about 20 minutes.

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Dough

Wrap

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Loaf Pan

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

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