To activate yeast
In a small bowl, stir together sugar, flour and yeast into warm water and cover and keep aside for 5 minutes
To make the dough
In a pan, heat the milk just below the boiling point
Keep stirring
Cool a bit
In a bowl, mix milk with sugar and salt
Add egg, yeast mixture, melted butter and 14 cups of flour
Mix nicely and continue adding flour till a soft dough is formed
Turn the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead for 3- 4 minutes
Keep the dough in a covered oiled bowl for one and half hours in a warm place , till it doubles in size
To make the filling
Ground the walnuts in a blender
Mix , ground walnuts, sugar, cocoa powder and cinnamon powder
Heat milk and butter to boiling
Add in the walnut mixture
Add the egg and vanilla and mix thoroughly
To roll and assemble the dough
Spread a plastic sheet on top of the working surface
Sprinkle little flour on the sheet
Roll the dough on this sheet, as thin as you can without tearing the dough {I teared mine at a few places :-( }
Spread 1 tbsp of butter on the rolled dough
Spread the filling on the rolled dough evenly
Lift the edge of the dough and roll it gently into a long roll
Place the dough roll into the greased pan in the shape of a U
Brush the top with milk
Cover the pan with a plastic wrap and let the dough rest for 15 minutes
Pre heat the oven to350 degrees
After 15 minutes, remove the plastic wrap from the pan and bake the bread for 15 minutes at 350 degrees
Lower the oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake for another 40-45 minutes
Remove bread from the oven and brush with melted butter
Let it rest in the pan for 20 minutes
Remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack
