Yeasted Fancy Cakes

Description

In Romanian: Fursecuri cu drojdie de bere

Ingredients

• 4 yolks
• 1 egg white
• 5 oz / 150 g butter or lard
• ½ cup milk
• walnut-sized piece of yeast (cake)
• salt
• 2 - 3 tablespoons ground walnuts
• 2 - 3 tablespoons sugar
• flour

Directions

1. Soak the yeast in milk, add yolks, butter, salt and then flour.
2. Knead into a stiffish dough.
3. Put the dough into a cloth or fabric sack, tie well but in such a way to leave room for the dough to rise.
4. Submerge the dough thus prepared into a large pot with cold water and leave for 4 – 5 hours.
5. The dough tied in the cloth will surface above the water.
6. Remove the dough and roll into a thin sheet.
7. Cut into 3 inches long and 1 inch wide strips.
8. Roll each strip in egg white and then in ground walnuts mixed with sugar and shape into a crescent dumpling like this: hold the strip by the ends with both hands.
9. Twist one end in one direction and the other end in the opposite direction and then bend to make a crescent.
10. Place onto the greased baking sheet. Bake at medium heat.