Potica

By naqgal90

Ingredients

• Filling:
• 2 sticks butter
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp. salt
• 5 to 6 cups flour
• 1 cup half & half
• 1 oz. yeast
• 1 tbsp. vanilla
• 1/4 c. lukewarm water
• 1 stick butter
• 1.5 lbs. ground walnuts
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 8 oz. honey
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 c. half & half
• 1 tsp.cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar' add eggs, one at a time and beat well. Add yeast mix and half and half. Then blend flour and salt into creamed mixture and mix thoroughly. Knead. Dough will be slightly sticky (not like bread dough). Put in a greased bowl and cover. Refrigerate overnight or several hours. Dough will be hard so work with it again. Let set a while to warm up. Knead and divide the dough into 3 equal parts. Roll each to about a 12 x 15 rectangle and spread with nut mixture. Roll jelly roll fashion on long side and pinch edges to seal seam. Lay in greased and floured pans, seam side down, side by side. Let rise until double in bulk. Cover with towel.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 min. then 300 for 1 hour.

Filling:
Melt butter in half & half with honey, scald. Pour over nuts, sugar & cinnamon. Pour gradually, sometimes mixture get too runny.