Recipe: ZSERBO SZELET FOR ANGIE/10-16-98 REQUEST

GERBEOUD SQUARES (ZSERBO SZELET)

4 cups flour
1 and 1/3 cups butter
2 egg yolks
1/4 teasp. salt
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 cake yeast-(does not state large or small cake) substitute 1 pkg dry yeast
1/2 teasp. baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 pound ground walnuts
1 cup sugar
Fruit preserves, any flavor.

Combine walnuts and sugar and set aside. Sift flour, baking soda, 1 T sugar and salt together into bowl. Cut in butter as for pie crust. Add egg yolks, crumbled yeast, and sour cream. Knead together well.
Divide dough into 4 pieces. Roll 1 piece to fit 12 x 14-inch pan. Place in bottom of pan; spread a thin layer of preserves on dough. Sprinkle on 1/3 of nut mixture. Repeat layers ending with dough for top layer. Let rise in warm place for 1 hour. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 min. Cool and spread with chocolate icing. Slice. from: Piroska Mukics/St. Margarets of Hungary Guild Cleveland,OHIO