Chocolate & Cinnamon Kokosh Cake * Marilyn Dishes

Ingredients

Dough

2 1/4 tsp INSTANT yeast (1 packet)

1 tsp sugar

1/4 cup warm water

1/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup orange juice

1 1/2 sticks of butter *** I used parve/ vegan Becel margarine so this is non-dairy

3 cups flour

1/4 tsp salt

some oil for spreading….

1 egg, beaten for brushing on before baking

1/4 cup butter, melted & cooled slightly *** again I used Becel vegan margarine

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 1/8 cups sugar

1 tsp vanilla

pinch of salt

1 large egg white

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp cinnamon

1/4 cup butter, melted *** I used Becel Vegan Margarine

Directions

Preheat oven to 350f LIne 2 baking sheets with parchment paper

*** I made the fillings before making the dough… even though I wrote the recipe out dough first…the order you make the dough & teh fillings is up to you. This dough does not need to rise so it does not really matter which order this is done in

Chocolate Filling

Mix the butter/margarine, cocoa powder, sugar, vanilla until well combined….set aside

Cinnamon Filling

Mix the sugar, cinnamon & butter/margarine together until well combines… set asaide

Dough

Use the bowl of a mixer & put the yeast & 1 tsp sugar in the bowl. Add the warm water & let the mixture stand for 5-10 minutes until it foams...*** my mixing bowl is metal so it is cold… Put some hot water in the metal bowl, swirl it around to watm the metal…then put the yeast/sugar/water in… I set the bowl on a towel to keep it warm…my counter is cold….

Once the yeast mixture has foamed, give it a stir

Now, add the 1/4 cup of sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, orange juice, butter, flour & salt to the bowl

Beat on medium speed for a couple of minutes until the ingredients come together….if the dough is too sticky add a bit of flour *** this dough is ready to use at this point…do not let it rise

Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface

To Assemble:

Divide the dough into as many balls as you would like to make loaves… I made 4 smaller ones

Roll out one ball of dough very thinly..into a rectangle…

Spread it with a light coating of oil on top of the dough

Spread with filling of your choice onto the rolled piece of dough, leaving about a 1 inch boarder around the edges*** divide the filling into equal portions so that the Kokosh Cakes will have the same amount of filling in each…

Roll up the dough from the shorter side, flattening the dough slightly between each roll… forming a flattish log…

Brush the top of the rolled dough with the beaten egg

Repeat this process with the other balls of dough…

Place the logs on the prepared baking sheets 7 bake for about 25-30 minutes or until they are a nice deep brown colour… the time will depend on the size of the logs..***my cinnamon logs were a bit under-baked

Let cool before cutting them…. if you can wait!!

Enjoy!