Mallorca

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup milk or cream
2 teaspoons yeast
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
pinch of salt
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/2 vanilla bean

Bring eggs and butter to room temperature.

Combine milk, yeast, and a sprinkle of sugar. Set aside for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, sift flour and sugar into the bowl. Add eggs, egg yolk, and salt and knead the dough for 5 minutes until it comes together. Add more milk or flour as needed. Cover and allow dough to rise 45 minutes to an hour, until double in size.

Roll out the dough onto a floured surface (about 20 inches). Spread some of the butter in an even layer over the dough. Fold the dough in half and roll out again. Repeat this again. Then do it one more time, without rolling out the dough, to obtain one long rectangle of dough.

Place the dough on parchment paper in a loose swirl pattern. Cover and let rise for 1-2 hours.

Bake 20-25 minutes at 350.

Combine powdered sugar with the vanilla beans. Sift over the pastry while still hot. Serve warm.