Honey and Walnuts Pastries

Honey and Walnuts Pastries ~ 🇷🇴 Moldavian Little Saints #mucenici or #sfintisori are a traditional Romanian dessert

➡️Ingredients for 12 pastries

🔸For the dough:

200 ml of warm milk

50 g sugar

80 g melted butter

2 eggs + 1 egg for egg wash

7 g dry yeast

500 g of flour

2 tsp vanilla extract

lemon peel from 1 fruit

🔸For syrup:

350 ml water

100 g sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

orange and/or lemon peel

🔸For decoration:

250 g honey

250 g ground walnuts

If this recipe is new to you, make sure to watch my tutorial video. I’ll walk you through the process step-by-step (it’s super easy). You’ll have it mastered in no time!

Watch the video tutorial here 👇

➡️Method

1. Start by adding the milk in a large bowl together with the yeast and sugar. Mix using a ballon whisk and leave to rest for 10 minutes.

2. Continue by adding the eggs, butter, lemon peel and vanilla essence. Stir roughly so it’s combined.

3. Bring in the flour and knead for 5 minutes using a stand mixer or by hand, until you have a soft dough.

4. Transfer onto the working surface, slightly greased with cooking oil, and knead using your hands, turning it into a smooth ball. Grease the bowl as well and place the dough inside. Cover with a towel, leave to rise until double in size, about 60 minutes.

5. Meanwhile prepare the syrup. Add all ingredients into a pan and simmer for 5 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved. Set aside until used.

6. Once the dough has risen, transfer it onto the working surface, slightly greased with cooking oil. Divide into 12 equal parts and start moulding the dough into small shapes of the figure 8.

7. Line a tray with baking paper, align the eight shapes, leaving some space between them.

8. Cover with a towel and let them to rise for 30 minutes.

9. In the meantime, preheat your oven to 180C/ 350 F/ Gas mark 4.

10. Crack an egg into a bowl, add a splash of milk and beat it with a fork. Brush the eight shapes with egg wash and bake them for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

11. When completely chilled, take each shape, sink it into the syrup, than brush the top with honey and finally sprinkle grated walnuts in abundance.

12. Enjoy!

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