Romania

Cozonac

Name: Cozonac
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 tbsp instant dry yeast; 1 cup lukewarm milk; 120 g dough 100 g filling sugar; 4 yolks egg yolk; 1 for glazing egg; 1/2 cup melted butter; a pinch salt; Lemon, zest of 1; Orange, zest of 1; 1 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); 2 1/2 cups ground walnuts; 2 tbsp cocoa powder (unsweetened cocoa powder); 4 whites egg white; 1/3 cup raisins

A braided sweet bread with a walnut cocoa swirl. Romanian holidays smell exactly like this.

210 minTime

12 gProtein each

mildSpice

The holiday loaf2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayWalnut and cocoa swirl, twisted loaf.

The original

484kcalsame

12 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

210minutessame

Cozonac.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)4 cups

Instant dry yeast1 tbsp

Milk1 cup, lukewarm

Sugar120 g dough, 100 g filling

Egg yolk4 yolks

Egg1, for glazing

Butter½ cup, melted

Salta pinch

Lemonzest of 1

Orangezest of 1

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Walnuts2½ cups, ground

Cocoa powder (unsweetened cocoa powder)2 tbsp

Egg white4 whites

Raisins⅓ cup

Method

5 steps

1Beat yolks with sugar, zests and vanilla. Add warm milk, yeast, flour and salt, then knead in the melted butter little by little until silky.
2Rise in a warm place until doubled.
3Whisk whites with sugar to soft peaks, fold in walnuts, cocoa and raisins.
4Roll dough into rectangles, spread filling, roll up, twist two rolls together and place in loaf tins. Rise 45 minutes.
5Brush with egg and bake at 170 C until deep golden; cover with foil if browning fast.

Serve it like this

Slice thick to show the dark swirl and serve on a plate with coffee or warm milk.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Romania

Cozonac

A braided sweet bread with a walnut cocoa swirl. Romanian holidays smell exactly like this.

210 minTime

12 gProtein each

mildSpice

The holiday loaf2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayWalnut and cocoa swirl, twisted loaf.

The original

484kcalsame

12 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

210minutessame

Cozonac.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)4 cups

Instant dry yeast1 tbsp

Milk1 cup, lukewarm

Sugar120 g dough, 100 g filling

Egg yolk4 yolks

Egg1, for glazing

Butter½ cup, melted

Salta pinch

Lemonzest of 1

Orangezest of 1

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp

Walnuts2½ cups, ground

Cocoa powder (unsweetened cocoa powder)2 tbsp

Egg white4 whites

Raisins⅓ cup

Method

5 steps

1Beat yolks with sugar, zests and vanilla. Add warm milk, yeast, flour and salt, then knead in the melted butter little by little until silky.
2Rise in a warm place until doubled.
3Whisk whites with sugar to soft peaks, fold in walnuts, cocoa and raisins.
4Roll dough into rectangles, spread filling, roll up, twist two rolls together and place in loaf tins. Rise 45 minutes.
5Brush with egg and bake at 170 C until deep golden; cover with foil if browning fast.

Serve it like this

Slice thick to show the dark swirl and serve on a plate with coffee or warm milk.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Cozonac

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Cozonac

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