courtesy of Jeanne Lynn
Ingredients
2 pkgs dry yeast
1 cup luke warm water
2 egg whites
2 egg yolks
2 sticks butter, room temp
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 lb walnuts, chopped in a food processor
2 tbsp + 2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup milk
Preheat oven to 350˚.
Dissolve yeast with 2 tbsp sugar and 1 cup luke warm water. Add egg yolks and mix, set aside. Combine butter, flour and salt like a pie dough. Add yeast mixture to dough and mix well.
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites well. Add 2 cups sugar, vanilla, and milk. Fold in walnuts.
Divide dough into four equal parts. Roll one section into oblong shape about 1/8" thick. Spread with 1/4 of the nut mixture. Beginning with one side, roll up to the other. Repeat three more times. Cut 3 slits on the top of each roll.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Immediately, brush each with melted butter and wrap in tinfoil.
