Povitica 2 Austrian Holiday Bread
This is a traditional sweet christmas bread made both in austria and poland. This is the austrian version. I have posted the polish version seperately as well ;-)
Steps
Dissolve yeast in 1 / 2 cup warm water , then mix remaining ingredients as you would for bread with about 9 cups flour.
Knead well.
Let rise 2 hours.
Mix filling ingredients together while milk is still warm.
Spread or roll dough on table top , making sure you have no holes.
Spread filling on top.
Roll up , then coil as a snake.
Let rise 2 hours in large greased roaster.
Bake 2 hours at 350f.
Ingredients
milk, sugar, butter, water, yeast, eggs, flour, ground walnuts, cinnamon, vanilla