December 25, 2010 - 6:00am
Pennsylvania Nut Roll
Merry Christmas!
Happy New Year!
I have a friend longing for this treat from her childhood... anyone familiar with this? Willing to share a recipe? I have little description.... it is long, narrow, filled with nuts andor poppyseeds... no other clues . . .
I would like to make this in February for her birthday.
Thanks,
whosinthekitchen: Lisa
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Hanseata posted this yesterday (maybe she'll see this and weigh in)---it kinda fits the description:
Click here: Mohnstollen - German Poppy Seed Stollen | The Fresh Loaf
With 'Pennsylvania' in the name, it may have come from the Pennsylvania Dutch, which aren't Dutch at all, but Deutsch (German) from what I understand. Could that be it?
Merry Christmas!
dw
Hey Debra,
Thanks fro responding... love your blog, as well.
"Pennsylvanis" is in the title as that is where she and her family are from, Washington PA spepcifically.
The link you gave me shows a stollen, with more fruit than she describes. She describes this as a tightly rolled dough with the filling inside. It is not near the size of the stolled... but a more circular, narrow log. Sliced maybe about 1-2 inch in diameter. Pennslyvania may not have anything to do owith the actual recipe.... you are right, it could very well be a German treat. I am still hunting. Your stollen is beautiful. I have not used rummed fruit in mine before. Will have to make your recipe for New Year's. Thanks so much. Lisa
Thank you for the nice compliment, but it really belongs to Hanseata. Her filling is poppyseed and nut (almonds), which sounded like what your friend might be describing. You certainly don't have to put fruit in the dough, or even use a stollen dough. But you might want to press your friend to remember if it was more of a bread, or a cookie dough.... or a strudel maybe?
Click here: Poppyseed Strudel recipe
Click here: Cooks.com - Recipe - Gaga Sally's Poppy Seed Strudel
Click here: Maries Nutcracker Sweet, Nut Roll & Poppy Seed Roll On Line!
Click here: Rolls : Maries Nutcracker Sweet, Nut Roll & Poppy Seed Roll On Line!
Clicking on some of the images may lead to recipes, or links to such. I often search for recipes this way. Sometimes quite successfully. Google(image search) probably has even more leads.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=slv8-tyc7&va=pennsylvania+nut+roll
There are also hits on just a general web search for Pennsylvania nut roll recipes. Probaly the hits are just on "nut rolls", but some seem to be just what you are describing.
Read more: Poland: Poppy Seed or Nut Roll http://www.globalgourmet.com/destinations/poland/nutroll.html#ixzz19ANdeAy6
Poppy Seed or Nut Roll8 cups flour
1 pkg. dry yeast
1 stick of butter or margarine melted
5 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 cups of warm milk
Filling:
1 lb. poppy seed or ground nuts
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 sticks margarine or butter
1 cup milk, hot
1 lemon rind
Combine all filling ingredients and beat well.
Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of the warm milk. Combine the flour, sugar, salt and eggs. Add remainder of the milk, butter and yast 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 cool 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 min in 350 degree oven.
THANKS! I have done some search and found some leads.
What my friend describes is tightly rolled.... sweet without being overly sweet. What I have found does call for yeast. She is unaware as to if the dough is a yeast dough or not.
She is one who partakes rather than bakes.
Your response is most hlepul. Thank you so much.
Enjoy your winter wonderland... has it begun to snow in Atlanta yet?
I am in south Florida... cool but not enough to snow!!
wosinthekitchen: Lisa
Hello Lisa,
My husband's mother had a traditional recipe that he wanted to taste again this Christmas. We searched the internet and came up with the following. We made it and it tastes just like the one he remembers. Enjoy!
Nut Roll
Dough:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter(4 oz)
4 eggs
1 package yeast (about 2-1/2 teaspoons)
1/4 cup warm water
4 cups flour
2 tsp. salt
Cream sugar and butter together. Add eggs one at a time Dissolve 1 yeast in 1/4 cup warm water and add to creamed mixture. Sift 4 cups flour and 2 tsp. salt together. Add to mixture and mix. Place in greased bowl, cover and refrigerate overnight.
Nut filling
4 cups chopped pecans or walnuts
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 Cup white sugar
4 oz melted butter
2 eggs, beaten
Hi Lisa,
I grew up in Northeastern PA, and nutroll and poppyseed rolls are always baked around the holidays. My area has a large Central and Eastern European immigrant population (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukranian, Lithuanian, Russian, etc.). These immigrants, and now their descendants, always bake these cultural foods around Christmas and Easter. Do you know anything about your friend's family ancestry? Just a thought, but it might help with narrowing a recipe. For example, I came across this recipe for Polish makowiec:
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/recipes/makowiec
Unfortunately, I don't have any of my family's recipes handy. Hope this helps and best of luck with your search! Merry Christmas!
Happy New Year, dcsuhocki,
My friend has some Eastern European lineage but not clear on the connection to the nut roll..... I think it comes from growing up in Washington PA more. She talks of her father bringing them home and what a holiday treat it was. Your Polish makowiec is beautiful.
Thanks so much for your help and guidance. I am having fun with this project.
Lisa
chollie,
Thanks. Establishing the dough indeed has yeast is a great help.
When it comes to the nut part.... I am getting the idea from comments and other research, walnuts are the most often used. My frined LOVES walnuts so that part makes sense with her description.
Thanks so much,
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
I hope you're getting clsoer. Nut rolls are common Slavic/Eastern European desserts too, as well as poppyseed rolls, so maybe your friend had some families in her area. The makowiec does look wonderful...but all the credit goes to Floydm, I just stumbled upon the recipe. I know it's not much help. Good luck!