Expert: Elyse Grau - 1/30/2010

Question
I live at 6,000 ft.  I have a recipe for Hungarian poppy seed roll but the dough falls appart. It uses yeast.  Here it is. 1/2 pkg yeast, 1/4 cup warm water,1/2 cup sugar, 3/4 cup butter, 1 egg yolk,1/2 cup milk, about 3+ cups flour.  All seems fine till I try to roll the dough with its filling. Then the dough separates, falls apart. What is wrong?

Answer
Jo:
I think I need a little more to go on here. When you say the dough separates, do you mean it comes away from the filling, or the dough itself is crumbling? How do you roll it - is it jelly-roll style? Is the filling a wet one? If you can describe your technique a bit, and what kind of dough it is (soft, firm, wet, dry, etc) then I might be able to help you.

Thanks,
Elyse