Poppy Seed Or Nut Roll

A nice moderately sweet yeast bread/coffee cake. Can be made with poppy seeds or ground nuts. Nice for breakfast in the morning with coffee or a no too sweet dessert.

Steps

Combine all filling ingredients and beat well.

Set aside.

Dissolve yeast in 1 / 2 cup of the warm milk.

Combine the flour , sugar , salt and eggs.

Add remainder of the milk , butter and yeast mixture.

Beat until elastic.

Sprinkle top with a little flour and cover with a cloth.

Let stand in a warm place until double in size.

Punch down.

Divide the dough into 2 pieces.

Put on floured board and roll out into a rectangle.

Spread with cooled filling and sprinkle with raisins.

Roll like a jelly roll.

Place in greased pan and let stand to rise again.

Brush top with margarine or butter bake for 45-60 minutes in 350 degree oven.

Ingredients

flour, dry yeast, butter, eggs, sugar, salt, milk, poppy seeds, margarine, fresh lemon rind, raisins