Almond-Filled Hearts Recipe

 

Ingredients

 

Makes 10

• 2/3 cup milk

• 1 egg

• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut up

• 3 cups bread flour

• 2 tablespoons sugar

• 3/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast or bread machine yeast

• 1 (8 ounce) can almond paste, crumbled

• 1/4 cup sugar

• 1 tablespoon all purpose flour

• 1 egg yolk

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Method:

 

1. Add first 7 ingredients to bread machine according to the manufacturer's directions. Select the dough cycle. When cycle is complete, remove dough from machine. Punch down. Cover; let rest for 10 minutes.

2. For almond filling, in medium bowl beat together almond paste, the 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, and the egg yolk. Grease large baking sheets.

3. On lightly floured surface, roll dough into 22 1/2x10-inch rectangle. Cut into ten 10x2 1/4-inch strips. Divide almond filling into 10 portions; roll each into 9 1/2-inch-long rope.

4. Place a rope lengthwise down center of each dough strip. Fold dough in half lengthwise to enclose filling; moisten edges of dough and seal.

5. Place, seams down, on prepared sheets. Form each filled strip into a heart shape; moisten ends and pinch together at base of heart to seal.  Cover and let rise 30 to 40 minutes or until nearly double.

6. Bake in a 350°C oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden. Remove from baking sheets; cool on wire racks.