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This is a very special Hungarian sweet yeast holiday nut roll.
Kalács-Hungarian Nut Roll brings back so many childhood Christmas memories. This is my Hungarian aunt’s recipe and Christmas is not the same without it. This recipe yields four rolls, so you can gift them to people you love.
Prep Time3 hrs
Cook Time40 mins
Ingredients
  • subheading: For the dough:
  • ½ cup milk*
  • 2 packages 4 ½ teaspoons yeast
  • ½ teaspoon plus 5 tablespoons sugar
  • 4 cups flour sifted, plus more for the work surface
  • 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter*, at room temperature, plus more for greasing the pan
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 5 large egg yolks room temperature
  • ¼ cup sour cream* room temperature
  • subheading: For the filling:
  • 1 ½ pounds walnuts finely ground
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ⅔ cup raisins chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. brandy or other liqueur, or orange juice is fine
  • ⅓ cup warm milk*
  • 1 large egg white beaten, to seal the edges
  • 1 whole egg beaten, for egg wash
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