Kürtőskalács — Print Recipe

A spiral-wound sweet dough baked on a rotating spit until caramelized and crisp outside, soft and airy within, coated in cinnamon sugar.

Ingredients

500g bread flour
7g instant yeast
80g sugar
250ml warm milk
60g butter, melted
2 egg yolks
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g sugar mixed with 2 tsp cinnamon for coating
Melted butter for brushing

Instructions

1 Mix flour, yeast, sugar, and salt. Add warm milk, melted butter, egg yolks, and vanilla. Knead 10 min until smooth and elastic.
2 Cover and let rise 1 hour until doubled.
3 Roll dough into long strips about 3cm wide. Wind each strip spirally around a greased wooden spit, slightly overlapping.
4 Brush with melted butter and roll in cinnamon-sugar mixture.
5 Bake over hot coals or in a 200°C oven, rotating constantly, for 15-20 min until deeply golden and caramelized.
6 Slide off the spit while hot. The spiral creates a hollow chimney shape. Serve warm.

Did You Know?

Kürtőskalács is the oldest known Hungarian pastry, with written records dating back to a 1450 Transylvanian cookbook — making it older than many European nations.