Apricot Pull Apart Food

HUNGARIAN GOLDEN PULL-APART CAKE WITH WALNUTS AND APRICOT JAM (ARANYGALUSKA)

Steps:

• Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk in the bowl of a standing mixer equipped with a paddle attachment. Add 1/4 cup of the sugar, the eggs, orange zest, vanilla, and 1 stick of butter. Gradually add the flour and salt, beating until mixed. Cover the bowl and leave for an hour, or until the dough has about doubled in size.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F and butter a 10-inch round pan with some of the second stick of butter.
• Melt what is left of the second stick of butter plus the remaining half stick and put it in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the walnuts, brown sugar, remaining white sugar, cinnamon, and the cake or cookie crumbs.
• Roll the dough into a 1/2-inch-thick circle. Using a 1-inch cookie or biscuit cutter, cut circles of dough. Dip the circles first in the butter, then in the nut mixture and set in the pan, almost touching each other. After a layer is completed, spoon on dollops of jam. Make a second layer, filling in the holes with dough, then jam, continuing and rerolling until the dough is used up, ending with the walnut topping but not the jam. Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown and set. Leave in the pan for a few minutes, then turn onto a plate and serve warm. You can either cut the cake or pull the sections apart. Serve for a sweet breakfast treat, or as a dessert, served with good vanilla or rum raisin ice cream.

APRICOT CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat oil in frying pan over medium-high heat. Season pork chops with salt and pepper; cook 2 to 3 minutes per side until well-browned.
• Stir jam, salad dressing, onion soup mix, and garlic together in a bowl until well-blended. Place chops in a 9x13 inch baking pan lined with foil, and cover with apricot mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven approximately 40 minutes, until internal temperature has reached 145 degrees F (63 degrees C), or pork is no longer pink in the center.

APRICOT PULL-APART

Steps:

• Cut rolls in half. In a shallow bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Dip 24 roll halves into butter then roll in sugar mixture. Place in a sprayed bundt pan. Spoon half of the apricot preserves between the roll halves sprinkle with half of the pecans. Repeat with remaining roll halves. Sprinkle any remaining sugar mixture over rolls. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until double in size or even with top of bundt pan. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes. Cover with foil last 15 minutes of baking. Immediately after baking invert onto serving platter.

APRICOT PULL-APART

Steps:

• Cut rolls in half. In a shallow bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Dip 24 roll halves into butter then roll in sugar mixture. Place in a sprayed bundt pan. Spoon half of the apricot preserves between the roll halves; sprinkle with half of the pecans. Repeat with remaining roll halves. Sprinkle any remaining sugar mixture over rolls. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until double in size or even with top of bundt pan. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F 30-35 minutes. Cover with foil last 15 minutes of baking. Immediately after baking invert onto serving platter.