....will make you happy ;)
Ingredients:
20g yeast (fresh)
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1/4l milk (lukewarm)
60g butter
60g powdered sugar
2 pcs yolks
500g flour
1 pinch of salt
40g butter
Filling:
200g poppy seeds (grated)
150g granulated sugar
2 pkg vanilla sugar
3 tbsp rum
1 pinch of cinnamon (ground)
190 ml milk
1 tbsp honey
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F
The dough:
Dissolve yeast and granulated sugar in the lukewarm milk. In the meantime, mix the butter, powdered sugar and yolks and knead into a smooth dough with the milk, flour and salt.
Cover the dough and let it rest in a warm place for 1 hour.
The filling:
Combine sugar, rum, poppy seeds, cinnamon, milk and honey in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly, then set aside to cool.
Melt a stick of butter. Roll out dough on a floured work surface and divide into 8 equal squares.
Place 1 tablespoon of the filling in the center of each dough piece and close and twist the ends over the filling.
Roll the Buchteln/donuts in the butter and place, seam side down, in the square pan.
Cover the square pan and let the Buchteln rise again in a warm place for 20 minutes.
Bake the Buchteln for about 35 minutes at top/bottom heat in a preheated oven until done.
A story:
Poppy seeds make you fit and have a high content of iron, calcium, potassium and magnesium. In ancient times, poppy seeds were considered a symbol of fertility, luck and wealth due to the large number of seeds. There are about 100 species worldwide.