Perfect Cozonac Recipe (Romanian Holiday Sweet Bread)

Name: Perfect Cozonac Recipe (Romanian Holiday Sweet Bread)
Prep time: 3 h 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 4 h
Cuisine: European, Eastern European
Ingredients: 200 grams flour; 200 ml milk; 14 grams dry yeast (or 40 grams fresh yeast); 800 grams flour; 200 grams sugar; 200 grams butter (softened to room temperature); 2 eggs; 4 egg yolks; zest of one lemon; zest of one orange; 1.5 teaspoons vanilla bean paste (or substitute vanilla extract); 1 teaspoon rum essence; 20 ml spiced rum (about 2 tablespoons); 12 grams salt; 500 grams walnuts; 100 grams sugar; 80 ml milk; 60 grams egg white (about 2 egg whites); 30 grams butter; 12 grams cocoa powder; 20 ml spiced rum; 0.5 teaspoon rum essence; 3 grams salt; 2 teaspoons vegetable oil (to grease the bowl when resting the dough (optional)); 1 tablespoon butter (for preparing the loaf pans); 1 tablespoon flour (for preparing the loaf pans); 1 egg (beaten well for eggwash)

Instructions

Prep:3h 15minCook:45min

This recipe makes two big, fluffy and beautiful cozonaci. The nutritional information is calculated on the basis of a slice, if each cozonac is cut into 15 slices (so 30 slices total).

Updated at: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:50:53 GMT