Directions:
- Read and Follow Carefully!
- Pastry: Place butter and sugar in 4-quart bowl, pour heated milk over fat.
- Let stand while yeast dissolves in 1/2 cup water and 1 tbs sugar.
- Stir and let stand for 5 minutes.
- When yeast is dissolved and bubbly, add eggs and beat well.
- Add yeast/egg mixture to cooled milk mixture.
- Add salt to flour in sifter and sift in to bowl of above ingredients.
- Beat with a spoon until all flour is added to make a soft dough.
- Let rise until double.
- Custard: Heat milk.
- Mix sugar, salt and flour together and stir into hot milk.
- Stir until thick, beat egg yolk and gradually add hot mixture TO YOLK until hot and then add back to original mixture.
- Cook 1 minute more.
- Let cool.
- Almond Filling: Beat all ingredients together with mixer.
- Crumb Mixture: Combine flour, sugar and walnuts; mix in the 1/2 cup butter until well mixed.
- Assembly: Divide dough into 3 portions, or, make up to 12 small pastries.
- Roll out to about 1/4 to 1/2 thick rectangles, long side perpendicular to you works best.
- Place fillings down center of rectangle in this order: Custard, almond filling, crumb mixture.
- Cut equal number of slits on both sides of rectangle, leaving the center 1/3 of dough intact with fillings.
- Braid the strips you just cut over the fillings.
- Place pastries in foil lined pans, brush with egg white beaten with 2 tbs water.
- Place halved maraschino cherries, like buttons, down the top and sprinkle with more crumb mixture.
- Bake at 350°F for 20 min for small pastries, 30 minutes for medium, and 35-40 minutes for large.
Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per 1 Serving | |||
| Calories | 847.27 Kcal (3547 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 359.56 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 39.95g | 61% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 82.92mg | 28% | |
| Sodium | 2054.81mg | 86% | |
| Potassium | 359.39mg | 8% | |
| Total Carbs | 108.38g | 36% | |
| Sugars | 27.97g | 112% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 9.08g | 36% | |
| Protein | 14.98g | 30% | |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.2mg | 8% | |
| Iron | 5.3mg | 29% | |
| Calcium | 329mg | 33% | |
| Amount Per 100 g | |||
| Calories | 312.93 Kcal (1310 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 132.8 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 14.76g | 61% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 30.63mg | 28% | |
| Sodium | 758.92mg | 86% | |
| Potassium | 132.74mg | 8% | |
| Total Carbs | 40.03g | 36% | |
| Sugars | 10.33g | 112% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 3.35g | 36% | |
| Protein | 5.53g | 30% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.1mg | 8% | |
| Iron | 2mg | 29% | |
| Calcium | 121.5mg | 33% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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