Walnut Roll Gužvara
A tender, golden Croatian walnut roll with a sweet spiced walnut-butter filling and a glossy icing sugar finish — perfect for sharing with tea or coffee.
Servings
4
Difficulty
Easy
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Ingredients
dough
- 450 g flour
- 55 g caster sugar
- 2 pcs yeast (fresh or instant)
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 170.1 ml milk (for dough)
- 2 pcs eggs (beaten)
- 30 g butter (for dough)
filling
- 140 g walnuts (ground)
- 85 g butter (for filling)
- 85 g brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
glaze
- milk (for glazing)
- icing sugar (for dusting)
Directions
- Mix all dough ingredients together and knead well.
- Cover dough and let rise until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
- Knock back dough and knead lightly.
- Divide dough into two equal pieces and roll each into an oblong about 12in by 8in.
- Mix filling ingredients and spread evenly over each dough piece.
- Roll each oblong tightly into a 12in sausage.
- Place the two rolls side by side on a greased baking sheet, cover and leave to rise about 40 minutes.
- Heat oven to 200°C (425°F).
- Bake 30–35 minutes until risen and golden brown and sounding hollow when tapped on the base.
- Brush hot bread top with milk and sift a generous covering of icing sugar over the top.