Dallaspulla - Awesome Finnish Pastry

Total Time: 1 hr 43 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk
• 3/8 cup softened butter
• 1/4 ounce dry yeast (1 packet)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup superfine sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 cups wheat flour
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup quark (a.k.a. maitorahkaa)
• 1/4 cup vanilla cream flour
• 8 ounces cream cheese (1 package)
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon orange zest or 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
• 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 3 teaspoons fresh orange juice or 3 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 dash water, to desired consistency

Recipe

• 1 prepare filling by mixing ingredients into a smooth paste. refrigerate until needed.
• 2 in a saucepan over low heat, warm the milk and butter to about 40c/104°f.
• 3 in a bowl, crumble the yeast into the warm milk and butter mixture. add sugar, salt and egg. mix together well until the yeast is dissolved.
• 4 add flour gradually until the dough forms a ball. add more flour only if it's still sticky and add only a little at a time.
• 5 knead dough for about 5 minutes until smooth and elastic.
• 6 place a towel over the bowl and let the dough double in a warm, draft-free place for about 30 minutes to 1 hour [warming the oven to ~40c/100f works very well as a proofing box].
• 7 turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface. gently shape dough into rough rectangle with long side nearest you. lightly flour dough and roll into a 16-inch x 12-inch (40cm x 30cm) rectangle.
• 8 spread filling on the dough leaving a 1cm/.5in border on the far edge.
• 9 beginning with long edge nearest you, roll dough into taut cylinder.
• 10 firmly pinch seam to seal and roll cylinder seam-side down.
• 11 very gently stretch and roll to cylinder of even diameter and 18-inch/45cm length; push ends in to create even thickness.
• 12 using a sharp serrated knife and gentle sawing motion, slice cylinder in half, then slice each half in half again to create evenly sized quarters. slice 3,8cm/1.5in pieces from the rolls and place into a rectangular pan using a spatula.
• 13 cover with a towel and allow to rise for about 30 minutes while the oven warms to baking temperature.
• 14 make icing.
• 15 bake in a pre-heated oven at 200-225c/390-435f for about 13-15 minutes.
• 16 cut pulla apart and drizzle icing over the tops.
• 17 try not to eat them all in one sitting. :).