Olgas Potica

An incredible sweet and yummy Slovenian treat. This recipe was handed down from my great aunt Olga. This recipe can use anywhere from 1 to 2 cups of raisins, the amount is purely up to your taste.

Step: 1

Dissolve yeast in 4 tablespoons lukewarm milk. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and 3 tablespoons flour. Stir well and set aside.

Step: 2

Blend 1 cup melted butter with 4 tablespoons sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add egg yolks, one at a time. Add yeast mixture and mix well.

Step: 3

Switch to the dough hook attachment. Add 5 cups sifted flour, salt, and 1 1/3 cup milk l. Beat dough on speed 2 for 10 minutes or until dough has good gluten development. Dust with flour, cover bowl with a clean dish towel, and let rise 2 hours.

Step: 4

Cut dough in half and roll out each half as thin as possible on floured board. Keep remaining dough covered with plastic wrap while you work. Spread each thin rectangle of dough with melted butter, honey, raisins, and walnuts, and dust generously with cinnamon.

Step: 5

Roll up like jelly roll, place each loaf on a lightly greased baking sheet, cover with greased plastic wrap, and allow to rise for one hour (for loaf pan instructions, see Editor’s Note).

Step: 6

Bake in preheated oven for about 1 hour, or until crust is deep golden brown and the internal temperature of each loaf reaches 185 degrees F.

Per Serving: 529 calories; protein 9g; carbohydrates 48.9g; fat 35.6g; cholesterol 93.2mg; sodium 217.6mg.

Eating healthy breakfast to continue the day has become a fabulous habit. It’s a great way to start my day off healthfully. The sweet hit from the fruit wakes me up and bring me power to make on the morning. The sweetness is often vilified as the root of all disease, but sweetness is also loaded with fibre, which is great for your stomach system and helps keep you feeling full longer, and less likely grab a snack out of the vending machine before break .

Make fruit a at 7.00 clock habit is easy . Simply put the fruit in your fridge next to the milk or on the table next to your cereal bowl , or beside your coffee maker or tea kettle — somewhere where you’ll find it. Before you eating the rest of your food , eat your fruit. If you’re not normally a breakfast person.

Giving your stomach energy a bit of sweetness in the morning is important to move your healthy body for the 24 hours and fuel to your brain, which, incidentally, requires a continue supply of sweetness in the way of process glucose, counting at to around 120g daily. There is also essential evidence to backup the idea that a diet high in fiber can reduce your risk of a count of of cancers. And of course, you well-being from all the other vitamins and antioxidants in fruit, which keep you strong and healthy.