Apple Potica Food

GUBA'S APPLE POTICA

Steps:

• For Dough Mixture: Mix all dough ingredients together until smooth. Brush with butter and let stand 2 hours covered. Put cloth on kitchen table and spread some flour on cloth. Roll and stretch dough to paper thin on floured cloth. Sprinkle lightly with melted butter. For Filling: Mix sugar and cinnamon together well. Add sugar and cinnamon to apples and mix carefully not to break up all the apple slices. Spread apple mixture all over the rolled out dough carefully and evenly. Grab cloth on one end and lift and roll like a jelly roll. Lift roll by cloth (get help here) and slide onto a greased baking pan. You will have to turn the roll into a U shaped piece, be very careful! Mix topping (egg and milk) wish whisk. Brush topping over roll for a nice glossy shine. Bake in oven at 350 degrees F until dough is done golden Brown but not burnt!

POTICA

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, dissolve yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar, and 3 tablespoons of the flour in warm milk. Mix well, and let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl cream the butter with the remaining sugar. Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the yeast mixture, remaining milk, 4 cups of flour and the salt; mix well. Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Lightly grease one or two cookie sheets. Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into two equal pieces and roll Out to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness. Spread each piece with melted butter, honey, raisins, walnuts and cinnamon. Roll each piece up like a jelly roll and pinch the ends. Place seam side down onto the prepared baking sheets. Let rise until double in volume. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 60 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

APPLE STRUDEL A.K.A. APPLE POTICA

Steps:

• Mix flour and salt.
• Combine water, egg and oil.
• Add flour until dough forms.
• Knead 10 minutes until satiny.
• If dough is sticky add more flour.
• Stretch dough paper thin to about 45x50 inch on floured cloth.
• Mix apples with leftover ingredients.I use red delicious apples).
• Spread on pastry.
• Roll as a jelly roll,tuck ends close.
• Place on Pam sprayed cookie sheet.
• Bake 350°F for 1 hour.
• Note- This isn't as difficult to make as you may think. And once you've made it, becomes easier.
• Note- I didn't list a prep time ,because if you have a food processor for slicing and a kitchen aid for kneading.You've got it made in no time. But, if you have to slice by hand and knead by hand it will take a while longer -- But, well worth the time. Ummm Good -- .

SLOVENIAN POTICA

Steps:

• Put flour in abowl, sifted if you like, add salt.
• In a cup dissolve the yeast in water or milk and in another cup mix the eggs, sugar, rum, vanilla essence, lemon or orange peel.
• Healt milk, melt fat.
• Add hot milk to the flour, stir and add the mixture of eggs, sugar, rum and aromas.
• Stir again, add dissolved yeast and fat and stir into a medium thick dough.
• Knead until it is elastic inside and smooth on the outside. Make sure the dough does not stick to the bowl and that it is not too hard.
• Cover the dough with a PVC sheet and leave to rise. Dough should always rise at room temperature. With rising the quantity of the dough should double.
• Knead it once and roll it out and spread it with the filling.
• Filling: Melt honey in tepid milk, and then add one half of walnuts, sugar, eggs, aromas, spices and rum.
• Spread the filling on the rolled-out dough and sprinkle with the other half of walnuts. The temperature of the filling should be equal to that of the dough.
• Roll tightly, put in a mould, prick and leave to rise.
• Before baking, coat with a thin layer of milk and egg mixture - make sure the holes are not stopped.
• Bake 50 minutes at 190°C.