Christmas Walnut Rolls

One of our favourite Bulgarian Christmas pastry. You can make it part of your Christmas Eve dining table.      

Dough:

1 cup flour

½ cup low fat butter

1/4 cup sugar

½ teaspoon salt

Filling:

1 vanilla powder

½ cup walnuts, pounded up

½ cup raisin

4 tablespoon rum

4 tablespoon honey

2 eggs

Milk

Preparation:

1. Knead dough from flour, butter, sugar and salt. Roll it out and divide into rectangles.

2. Blend the pounded walnuts with raisins, and mix with vanilla, rum and honey.

3. Whip one egg with 3 or 4 tablespoons of milk and spread the egg’s mixture above the rectangles. Add equal part of walnut filling on each rectangle and roll it.

4. Dispose walnut rolls into oiled baking dish and spread them with the other egg. Bake in moderate oven 360°F (180°C).
5. Dust cold rolls with powdered sugar.

Preparation time: 1 hour

Portion: 10