Jabocna Potica!

Jabocna Potica or the best English translation I can come up with, 'Apple Roll' is a Slovenian treat that is sweet, but not over powering and can be eaten just about anytime! Some people eat it as a dessert, others as an afternoon snack, etc. Potica is usually made with walnuts. When we went to Slovenia I never saw the apple version until I saw it in a recipe book that Sebastian's grandmother gave me and it looked super good!!! This recipe is really relatively easy, the only area I seemed to have trouble in was when it came to baking. That was only because I used the wrong temperature(DOH!). Don't ask how that happened haha. Either way, it still turned out awesome and I will definitely be making this one again!

Ingredients:

Dough:
500g / 2.2 cups flour
100g / 0.45 cups butter
4.2 tbsp sugar
1 cup milk
2.5 tbsp yeast
3 egg yolks
1 flat tsp salt
1 tbsp rum
lemon or orange peel

Filling:
1 kg shredded apple
150g / 0.65 cup sugar
6 tbsp cream
2 eggs
breadcrumbs
cinnamon
lemon peel

Method:

Place your sieved flour somewhere warm in order to heat it. I used the vent on my oven and turned it on low. Put yeast into a small bowl, add 2-3 tbsp of warm flour, 1 tbsp of sugar and 1 tbsp lukewarm milk. You may need a little extra milk or enough to be able to stir everything together. Put this mixture somewhere warm (same place as your flour probably) and let it rise.

In the meantime, beat together the rest of the milk, egg yolks, sugar, salt, lemon/orange peel. Then heat up the mixture. Add melted butter and rum. Gradually pour into heated flour. Then add yeast mixture. Make into a dough and knead until dough is no longer sticky.

Cover dough with a towel and keep warm so it will rise. After it rises, roll out the dough. Brush on mixture of cream and 2 egg whites beaten until they are a thicker consistency. Afterwards, pour on a mixture of breadcrumbs, apples, sugar, cinnamon and grated lemon peel. Spread it out evenly leaving room on the edges.

Carefully roll the dough into a cylinder. You might need a hand with this.

Take your pan and make sure it is greased and dusted lightly with breadcrumbs and place your potica inside. Let it rise again in the pan. Put it in the oven to bake for 1 hour at 335f.

That's basically all!! Once it is done, you can flip the pan around and cut it into small slices.
This little 'cake' tastes great and I hope you guys enjoy it also!