page_title: Nut roll
section_title: Preparation and design
hierarchical_section_title: Nut roll / Preparation and design
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of a walnut filling nut roll. I cannot confirm that it is a kolache, as I only know of it as a nut roll which is what the label (not shown) also stated it was.
context_page_description: A nut roll is a pastry consisting of a sweet yeast dough that is rolled out very thin, spread with a nut paste made from ground nuts and a sweetener like honey, then rolled up into a log shape. This 'log' is either left long and straight or is often bent into a horseshoe shape, egg washed, baked, and then sliced crosswise. Nut rolls resemble a jelly roll but usually with more layers of dough and filling, and resemble strudels but with fewer and less delicate dough layers. Fillings commonly have as their main ingredient ground walnuts or poppy seeds.
  Nut rolls can be found in the United States and in Central European cuisines. In the United States, "nut roll" is a more or less generic name for pastries of this type, no matter where they originate. Nut rolls are known also by many specific regional names, including: orechovník in Slovak; makowiec in Polish; potica, povitica, gibanica, orahnjača/orehnjača in Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian; kalács and bejgli in Hungarian; and pastiç or nokul in Turkish.
  Regional variations on nut rolls are part of weddings, for Easter and Christmas, as well as other celebrations and holidays.
context_section_description: A sweet yeast dough is rolled flat, about 0.2 inches (5 millimeters) thick, and a filling is spread on it. The filled dough is rolled up, forming a log or loaf shape, then baked. When sliced, the cross-section shows a swirl of filling.
  Types or forms of nut roll are: rolled log, loaf made via a bread pan, and a "crazy loaf" style with a unique texture. Similar ground walnut filling is used in Buchteln, a bun-shaped pastry, also with yeast dough.
caption: A typical American-style nut roll with a walnut and coffee filling
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