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🍽️ Lithuanian Christmas Poppy Seed Sticks

120 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.5 packet dry yeast (4 g)
• 50 g raw cane sugar
• 100 ml milk (3.5% fat)
• 200 g spelt flour type 630
• 1 tbsp spelt flour type 630 (for working)
• 2 tbsp liquid butter (15 g each)
• 1 egg (S)
• 3 tbsp blue poppy seeds (10 g each)
• 1 pinch salt

Instructions

1. 1. Put the dry yeast, one teaspoon of sugar, and half of the lukewarm milk into a small bowl.
2. 2. Stir the ingredients briefly and let the mixture stand for ten minutes until it becomes slightly foamy.
3. 3. Put the flour into a large mixing bowl.
4. 4. Add the prepared yeast milk, the remaining sugar, the butter, the rest of the milk, the egg, the poppy seeds, and a pinch of salt to the bowl.
5. 5. Knead the ingredients by hand or with a food processor until you have a smooth dough.
6. 6. Cover the bowl and place it in a warm spot.
7. 7. Let the dough rise for about one hour until it has increased significantly in size.
8. 8. Sprinkle some flour onto a clean work surface.
9. 9. Take out the dough and knead it briefly.
10. 10. Divide the dough into portions and roll each portion into a roll as thick as your finger.
11. 11. Cut the rolls into pieces about two centimeters long.
12. 12. Place the dough pieces on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
13. 13. Preheat the oven.
14. 14. Bake the pastries at 180 degrees Celsius conventional heat (or 160 degrees with fan, gas level 2 to 3) for about ten minutes.
15. 15. Remove the tray from the oven.
16. 16. Let the pastries cool down completely on the tray.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 120
• Protein: 3 g · Fett/Fat: 4 g · Carbs: 17 g