Eating Like an Empress – Hungary's Gerbeaud Slices | Wandering Educators

Ingredients

• 3 3/4 tsp. (around 1 3/4 envelopes) dry yeast
• 1/2 cup milk (heated to warm)
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 tsp. almond extract
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 14 tbsp. butter (not margarine), cut into cubes
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup apricot jam
• 4 ounces (1/2 cup) bittersweet chocolate
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tbsp. butter
• Dash of salt
• 1/2 tsp. dark cocoa powder (opt.)