Yeasted Fancy Cakes

Description
In Romanian: Fursecuri cu drojdie de bere

Ingredients

 * 4 yolks
 * 1 egg white
 * 5 oz / 150 g butter or lard
 * ½ cup milk
 * walnut-sized piece of yeast (cake)
 * salt
 * 2 – 3 tablespoons ground walnuts
 * 2 – 3 tablespoons sugar
 * flour

Directions

 * 1) Soak the yeast in milk, add yolks, butter, salt and then flour.
 * 2) Knead into a stiffish dough.
 * 3) Put the dough into a cloth or fabric sack, tie well but in such a way to leave room for the dough to rise.
 * 4) Submerge the dough thus prepared into a large pot with cold water and leave for 4 – 5 hours.
 * 5) The dough tied in the cloth will surface above the water.
 * 6) Remove the dough and roll into a thin sheet.
 * 7) Cut into 3 inches long and 1 inch wide strips.
 * 8) Roll each strip in egg white and then in ground walnuts mixed with sugar and shape into a crescent dumpling like this: hold the strip by the ends with both hands.
 * 9) Twist one end in one direction and the other end in the opposite direction and then bend to make a crescent.
 * 10) Place onto the greased baking sheet. Bake at medium heat.