5 c Flour (sifted) 1 ts Salt 1/2 lb Butter 1 pk Yeast 1/2 lb Crisco 1/2 c Milk 3 Eggs 1/2 pt Sour Cream 1 ts Baking Powder
-FILLING –
1/4 lb Butter
1 lb Ground nuts
1/2 c Honey
1/2 c Sugar (to taste)
Sift flour, baking powder and salt; work in butter and crisco with
hands. Add eggs and work together. Add yeast to dough. Add milk and sour
cream. Knead for a few minutes. Set aside for about 2 hours to rise. Roll
out on board which has been covered with sugar. Fill with nut filling. Bake
in moderate oven about 25 minutes.
Filling: Melt butter in pan. Add honey and cook for a few minutes. Add
ground nuts and sugar. Cool.
Original recipe called for “cake yeast”. You might want to start the
dry yeast in a small amount of lukewarm water before adding.
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