Povotica

Total Time: 46 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup water
• 3 compressed yeast cakes
• 7 cups flour, plus
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 3 eggs, beaten until lemon colored
• 1 cup boiled and cooled whole milk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 20 ounces ground walnuts
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 16 ounces raisins or 16 ounces ground dates

Recipe

• 1 combine 1/4 cup water, yeast and 2 tablespoons of the flour; cover with a cloth and let rise in a warm place for 10 minutes.
• 2 mix eggs, water, milk, sugar, salt and lemon extract together; add yeast mixture.
• 3 add remaining flour until damp; add butter.
• 4 knead until smooth.
• 5 cover with a cloth, set in warm place, let rise until doubled in bulk.
• 6 roll out dough.
• 7 spread filling on dough; roll up like a jelly roll.
• 8 lightly grease a large, oblong baking pan-- a jellyroll pan or sheet cake pan that is 10"x15" or 9"x13" in size.
• 9 "snake"this long, jellyroll around and around the pan beginning in the center and working outward.
• 10 cover with a cloth and let rise for 30 minutes.
• 11 bake at 350f for 1 hour-- test for doneness by sticking a table knife deep into the center of the loaf.
• 12 when the knife comes out clean, the bread is ready.
• 13 be careful not to overbake!
• 14 cool on a cake rack before slicing.
• 15 keeps well in a covered container in the fridge.