World Flavors Cookbook

Mucenici (Sweet Dough Figures)

Traditional figure-eight pastries baked and covered in honey and walnuts, or boiled in a sweet spiced soup.

Cuisine: Romania

Ingredients

• Dough figure eights
• Honey
• Ground walnuts
• Cinnamon
• Lemon zest.

Instructions

1. 1. Mold dough into eights. 2. Bake until golden. 3. Brush with honey and roll in thick ground walnuts.