Cook Time: 20-25 minutes
Submitted by Dawn
Dough:
- 1 cup milk
- 2 1/4 teaspoons cake yeast
- 1 cup shortening
- 4 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs, separated
Meringue:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Topping:
- 3/4 cup nuts (or substitute raisins)
- cinnamon
- powdered sugar frosting
DIRECTIONS
Add yeast cake to milk. Let stand. Blend the shortening with flour, sugar and salt. Beat 3 egg yolks and add to yeast mixture. Add to flour mixture and stir. Cover in greased bowl and put in refrigerator overnight.
Remove dough from refrigerator 1 hour before baking. To form meringue, beat egg whites stiff and add 1 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Divide dough in three. Roll each portion into a thin rectangle on well-floured board. Spread with 1/3 meringue and sprinkle ground nuts and a little cinnamon on each. Overlap ends and sides and pinch dough down middle. Raise 1 hour. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20-25 minutes. Cool. Frost with powdered sugar frosting. Sprinkle nuts over frosting.