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Prep Time: 60 Minutes Cook Time: 180 Minutes |
Ready In: 240 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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Ingredients:
1 2/3 cups warm milk (105°f) |
4 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast (2 packages, 1/4 ounces each) |
3 tablespoons granulated sugar |
1 stick unsalted butter, softened |
2 large eggs |
1 tablespoon salt |
6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
1 cup walnuts (4 ounces), finely chopped |
3/4 cup granulated sugar |
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar |
1 tablespoon cinnamon |
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted |
2 cups golden raisins |
2 ounces cream cheese, softened |
2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar, sifted |
3 tablespoons fresh orange juice |
1/2 teaspoon vanilla |
Directions:
1. Make dough: Mix milk, yeast, and sugar in a standing electric mixer fitted with whisk attachment until combined well. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
2. Add butter, eggs, salt, and 3 cups flour and beat until smooth. Fit mixer with dough-hook attachment and, with mixer on medium-high speed, gradually knead in remaining 3 1/2 cups flour, occasionally scraping down side of bowl with a rubber spatula, until dough is smooth and elastic, about 6 minutes.
3. Transfer dough to a large oiled bowl, turning to coat, and cover with plastic wrap. Let dough rise in a warm place until almost doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
4. Make walnut filling while dough is rising: Stir together walnuts, sugars, and cinnamon.
5. Shape, fill, and bake buns: Punch down dough, then halve it. Pat each piece into a flat rectangle and cover 1 piece with plastic wrap. Roll out remaining dough on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 17- by 13-inch rectangle (about 1/4 inch thick). Brush top with half of melted butter and sprinkle evenly with half of filling and raisins. Roll up, beginning with a short side, to form a 13-inch log and press seam to seal. Cut log crosswise into 6 pieces and arrange, cut sides up, in 2 rows of 3 buns in half of a buttered 13- by 9- by 2-inch metal baking pan. Make 6 more buns in same manner and let buns rise 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°F.
6. Bake buns in middle of oven until golden brown, about 40 to 45 minutes.
7. Make glaze while buns bake: Beat together glaze ingredients with an electric mixer until smooth.
8. Cool buns in pan on a rack 15 minutes, then spoon glaze evenly over warm buns.
9. Cooks' note: Yes, we mean 1 tablespoon, not 1 teaspoon, of salt for the dough; with 6 1/2 cups of flour, it is needed.
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