Mexican ham crescents

From: Eva Laufey
Makes: Makes 40
Oven: 200 °C200 °C (400 °F)

Ingredients

Dough

900 g plain flour2 lb plain flour
60 g sugar2 oz sugar
½ tsp salt
100 g butter, melted3½ oz butter, melted
½ litre milk2 cups milk
1 packet dried yeast ('5 tsp' is written above in blue ink.)

Topping

1 egg
a splash of milk
seeds or grains (e.g. sesame) (The question marks are the author's own.)

Filling

1 packet ham (250 g)
1 tub Tex Mex cream cheese spread (An Icelandic cream cheese spread flavoured with chilli and Mexican spices; use cream cheese mixed with a little salsa or taco seasoning.)
1 paprika cheese (An Icelandic soft cheese flavoured with paprika, sold in small rounds; use pepper Jack.)
½ red pepper
grated cheese

Method

Warm the milk with the melted butter until lukewarm and stir in the yeast. Mix the flour, sugar and salt, pour in the milk and knead to a soft dough.
Leave to rise for 1 hour.
Knead again and leave to rise for 30 minutes.
Finely chop the ham, paprika cheese and red pepper and mix them into the Tex Mex cream cheese.
Divide the dough into five pieces of 300–330 g each.Divide the dough into five pieces of 11–12 oz each.
Roll each piece into a circle and cut it into 8 triangles.
Put some filling and a little grated cheese on each triangle.
Roll up from the wide end and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Heat the oven to 200°C.Roll up from the wide end and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Heat the oven to 400 °F.
Whisk the egg with the milk, brush over the rolls and sprinkle with seeds.
Bake at 200°C for 10–12 minutes.Bake at 400 °F for 10–12 minutes.

As she wrote it

Mexikósk skinkuhorn (40 stk)

(Eva Laufey)

900 gr. hveiti — 60 gr. sykur — 1/2 tsk. salt 100 gr. br. smjör — 1/2 L. mjólk — 1 pk. ger. 5 tsk.

Ofaná: 1 egg - smá mjólk - Korn??

láta lyftast í 1 klst. hnoða aftur láta hefast í 30 mín.

Fylling: 1 pk. skinka (250 gr.) 1 askja Tex Mex smurostur 1 - papr. ostur - 1/2 Rauð papr Rifinn ostur yfir.

Deig skorið í fimm einingar (300-330 gr. hver) Fletja hverja í hring, skera hann í 8 þríhyrninga, setja fyllingu á + smá Rif. ost. Rúlla upp frá breiðari endanum → píska egg + mjólk og pensla yfir → sáldra korni yfir. Baka í 10-12 mín. 200°C.