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Grandma's Pita Cusa (Calabrese Christmas cake) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
9 cups flour
1/2 lb crisco
1/2 glass of oil (I'm guessing she meant cup)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cake yeast (packet dry yeast)
6 or 8 eggs
Juice of 4 oranges
3 tsp baking powder

Filling
Cinnamon, cloves and oil
1/2 lb sugar
2 lbs walnuts chopped
2 lbs raisins.
2 lbs honey
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Dissolve yeast in warm water. mix all other ingredients together. Let dough raise

Mix Cinnamon, cloves and oil
Add 1/2 lb sugar, 2 lbs walnuts 2 lbs raisins. 2 lbs honey


Roll out dough thin to medium thickness.
Cut dough into long strips
Spread some filling in center of each strip
Roll the strip into a rosette
Make severa rosettes
Roll out a round circle of dough
Place rosettes into the center of the circle and bring sides of circle up around the rosettes leaving the tops of the rosettes exposed.
Drizzle some honey over the top of the completed circle of rosettes and place into greased pan.
Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Varies
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 min (more for raising time)

 

 

 

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