Walnut rolls
Servings 12 rolls
Ingredients
- 30 grams of butter
Dough:
- 60 grams of brown sugar
- 500 grams of flour + some more to roll out the dough
- 3,5 deciliters of milk
- 80 grams of butter
- 1 baking powder (12 grams)
- Zest of half a lemon
- 1 egg yolk
Filling:
- 200 grams of walnuts
- 1 deciliter of whipping cream
- 40 grams of brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon of rum
- 1 egg white
Topping:
- 150 grams of powdered sugar
- 0,5 deciliters of milk
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- First, prepare the dough by putting flour, sugar, baking powder in a large bowl and mixing everything together. Then add the melted butter, milk, grated lemon zest and egg yolk and mix and knead into soft dough.
- Let the dough rest and start preparing the filling. Put the walnuts in a mixer and mix them to get nicely ground walnuts. Add whipping cream, sugar, rum and egg whites and mix to combine the ingredients into a thick cream.
- Then roll out the dough into a rectangular shape on a floured kitchen counter. Coat a baking tray (size 30x20) with 30 grams of melted butter, spread leftovers on the dough and then spread the walnut filling.
- Roll the dough into a roulade and cut to rings to make 12 pieces. Place them in a baking tray with the cut side down and place in the oven for 35 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius until colored nicely.
- Put the ingredients for the topping (powdered sugar, milk, a pinch of salt) in a bowl and stir and pour over baked walnut rolls. When it cools and the topping hardens, it can be served.