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    Whisk Affair » Recipes » Baking » Breads » Povitica, an Eastern European Dessert Bread

    Published: Oct 27, 2014 | Last Updated On: Jun 2, 2020 by Neha Mathur | This post may contain affiliate links. I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Povitica, an Eastern European Dessert Bread

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    I am always keen on learning anything new and baking is my current passion. So what better way to roll up my sleeves and get all set to bake a challenging recipe. Povitica is a traditional Eastern European Dessert Bread that is as lovely to look at as it is to eat.

    Povitica (poh-vee-TEET-sah ) is  sweat or savory yeast bread of Croatian origin. It is typically served at special occasions like weddings, birthdays and holidays.

    A sweetened dough is made which is rolled paper thin and slathered with a filling and then rolled again and baked.

    Although walnut is the most traditional filling, other fillings can also be used like peaches, apple, apple and raisins, chocolate, strawberry jam etc. The end result is beautifully patterned slices when cut.

    Povitica

    The original recipe made 4 loaves of bread, but as I was baking it for the first time, I was a little apprehensive. But Jenni was very generous to provide a halved recipe and even a quartered recipe.

    Quartered recipe made one loaf , so I was a happy girl. Even if something goes wrong with the first loaf, i’ll still have my chance. This is definitely a beautifully baked loaf with a surprise inside.

    When the slices of this loaf were cut, there were beautiful patterns inside. The bread was very soft to eat and the flavor of the filling was phenomenal.

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    Povitica

    Povitica

    This is an Eastern European Dessert Bread perfect for breakfast
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: European
    Prep Time: 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 4 hours hours
    Servings: 4 people
    Calories: 902kcal
    Author: Neha Mathur

    Ingredients 

    To activate the yeast

    • ½ teaspoon Sugar
    • ¼ teaspoon All purpose flour
    • 2 tablespoon Warm water
    • 1 & ½ teaspoon Dry yeast

    For the dough

    • ½ cup Whole milk
    • 3 tablespoon Sugar
    • 1 Egg
    • ¾ teaspoon Salt
    • 1 tablespoon Unsalted butter (melted)
    • 2 cups All purpose flour (sifted)

    For Topping

    • 2 tablespoon Milk

    Filling ingredients

    • 1 & ¾ cups Walnuts (ground)
    • ¼ cup Whole milk
    • ¼ cup Unsalted butter
    • 1 Egg yolk (beaten)
    • ¼ teaspoon Vanilla extract
    • ½ cup Sugar
    • ¼ teaspoon Cocoa powder (Unsweetened)
    • ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon powder
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    Instructions

    To activate yeast

    • In a small bowl, stir together sugar, flour and yeast into warm water and cover and keep aside for 5 minutes

    To make the dough

    • In a pan, heat the milk just below the boiling point
    • Keep stirring
    • Cool a bit
    • In a bowl, mix milk with sugar and salt
    • Add egg, yeast mixture, melted butter and ¼ cups of flour
    • Mix nicely and continue adding flour till a soft dough is formed
    • Turn the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for 3-4 minutes
    • Keep the dough in a covered oiled bowl for one and half hours in a warm place, till it doubles in size

    To make the filling

    • Ground the walnuts in a blender
    • Mix , ground walnuts, sugar, cocoa powder and cinnamon powder
    • Heat milk and butter to boiling
    • Add in the walnut mixture
    • Add the egg and vanilla and mix thoroughly
    • To roll and assemble the dough
    • Spread a plastic sheet on top of the working surface
    • Sprinkle little flour on the sheet
    • Roll the dough on this sheet, as thin as you can without tearing the dough {I teared mine at a few places 🙁 }
    • Spread 1 tablespoon of butter on the rolled dough
    • Spread the filling on the rolled dough evenly
    • Lift the edge of the dough and roll it gently into a long roll
    • Place the dough roll into the greased pan in the shape of a U
    • Brush the top with milk
    • Cover the pan with a plastic wrap and let the dough rest for 15 minutes
    • Pre heat the oven to 350F
    • After 15 minutes, remove the plastic wrap from the pan and bake the bread for 15 minutes at 350F
    • Lower the oven temperature to 300F and bake for another 40-45 minutes
    • Remove bread from the oven and brush with melted butter
    • Let it rest in the pan for 20 minutes
    • Remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack

    Nutrition

    Calories: 902kcal | Carbohydrates: 94g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 53g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 133mg | Sodium: 484mg | Potassium: 421mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 640IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 135mg | Iron: 5mg
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    1. sangee vijay

      October 27, 2011 at 6:40 pm

      Congrats Neha..the way to go gal…keep rocking
      povitica is new to me but looks so yummy and tempting…well done dear !!!
      Just to let u know that my blog title was changed to “Spicy Treats” (before it was Typical Indian Cooking)

      Reply
    2. MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!.

      October 27, 2011 at 7:14 pm

      Povitika luks yum yum.Luv it.

      Reply
    3. Sanyukta Gour(Bayes)

      October 27, 2011 at 7:38 pm

      Delicious dessert neha…lovely pics…
      Looks absolute Mouthwatering …
      Sanyukta

      Reply
    4. Reshmi Mahesh

      October 27, 2011 at 8:03 pm

      Too good to look at…sure that it tasted wonderful….

      Reply
    5. Sumee

      October 27, 2011 at 9:01 pm

      Wow.. What a beautiful creation Neha.! Kudos

      Reply
    6. R

      October 27, 2011 at 10:09 pm

      looks extremely delicious, great job on ur first attempt!

      Reply
    7. Uma

      October 27, 2011 at 11:28 pm

      This is really a good dessert. Looks wonderful.

      Cheers,
      Uma

      Reply
    8. cooking varieties (wan)

      October 28, 2011 at 1:38 am

      Hi neha, such a pretty looking bread dessert-would love to try this walnuts and cinnamon filling is very flavorful to me

      Reply
    9. Amina

      October 28, 2011 at 2:09 am

      wow… looks fabulous… never seen before… bookmarking it..

      Reply
    10. Nava.K

      October 28, 2011 at 4:36 am

      great outcome Neha though I am not sure I can make the same, the walnuts and cinnamon must be lovely and tasted fantastic one done with the baking.

      Reply
    11. Tina

      October 28, 2011 at 6:30 am

      looksss beautiful….Its new to me…

      Reply
    12. Love and other Spices

      October 28, 2011 at 7:12 am

      looks so yummy.would love to try it.

      Reply
    13. Padhu

      October 28, 2011 at 9:08 am

      Looks divine . Beautiful pics

      Reply
    14. Kaveri

      October 28, 2011 at 9:23 am

      Mmmm…A very new and interesting recipe…Love the pattered slices

      Reply
    15. Jay

      October 28, 2011 at 10:50 am

      excellent try dear…sounds scrumptiously tasty..

      Reply
    16. FiSh

      October 28, 2011 at 11:52 am

      it looks marvellous! i hope i have the talent to bake this 🙂

      Reply
    17. Amy

      October 28, 2011 at 12:15 pm

      something new for me…looks perfect!!

      Reply
    18. Suja

      October 28, 2011 at 1:39 pm

      Looks beautiful,chocolaty and yummy

      Reply
    19. Blackswan

      October 28, 2011 at 2:37 pm

      Lovely looking bread & it looks so tasty, dear! Well done! Oh, don’t forget to pick up your award! Have a nice weekend!

      Reply
    20. Sobha Shyam

      October 28, 2011 at 8:08 pm

      beautiful dessert bread, appreciate ur efforts dear, nice presentation..

      Reply
    21. anchan

      October 29, 2011 at 11:58 am

      Oh, that looks so delicious! So dangerous to have that bread in the house, I wouldn’t be able to resist going back for another slice! 😉

      Reply
    22. schmetterlingwords

      October 29, 2011 at 4:49 pm

      Ooooh oooh oooh…. What a lovely roll… You have got it absolutely great Neha. The pics look adorable and I wish I was there to have at least two slices… Keep rocking with Daring bakers in future too 🙂

      Reply
    23. Jenni

      November 01, 2011 at 6:17 pm

      Great job! Your povitica looks great, you got some beautiful swirls!!

      Reply
    24. Lecker and Yummy recipes

      December 06, 2011 at 1:22 pm

      wow Neha, iam totally wowed with this bread ! well shaped, perfectly baked, wonderfully presented and stunningly photographed !! went thru ur collection of baked goodies….not exxagerating u see, to be a very good baker !!! love to follow ur recipes…..

      Reply

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