Put yeast, and sugar in luke warm milk and let it work for 15 or 20 minutes. The flour and Butter, work together like pie crust.Should be about pea size morsels. Add the 4 eggs beaten well,and the yeast and milk that has been working.(should be foamy). Mix well and kneed making a medium hard dough. Kneed well on pastry board. Cover with towel and let rise for 2 hrs.'till doubled it's size. Cut in to 8 equal pieces. roll out each to aprox. 6 inches x 18 inches. Fill with nut, or Popyseed lilling.(to folow). Brush ea. with a well beaten egg. let rise again for 1 hr. Again make an egg wash Use only the egg white, and brush ea. roll generously. Put in refrigerator for 1/2 hr. then Bake at 350 F. for 30 min., and untill golden brown , and marbely.
From 2 1/2 Cups of water and the Powdered Sugar cook a medium thick syrup, Add the Hot syrup to the Walnuts, add the bread crumbs , and Raisins. ( should be a thick, but spreadeble Mass(paste). If it is to hard to spread on the dough add some Caro syrup to loosen it up.
Mix Flour with the Ground Popyseed, Bring milk to a quick boil, and add to the popyseed, and last add and mix in the sugar. At this point you can add raisens if desired.
