Poppy Seed Rolls Cookies
For all you poppy seed lovers out there, here is one super simple recipe, yet so good, so I advise you to make double the amount, so you don't feel sorry later. These rolls are so soft, that they practically melt in your mouth.
Servings: 48
Ingredients
Pastry:
- 375 grams all-purpose flour (3 cups; 13.2 oz)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 150 grams cold butter (2/3 cup; 5.3 oz) cut into cubes
- 1 egg
- 60 grams powdered sugar (1/2 cup; 2.1 oz)
- 75 ml milk (1/3 cup; 2.43 fl oz)
- juice and zest of half a lemon
Filling:
- 200 grams ground poppy seeds 7.05 oz
- 120 ml milk 1/2 cup: 3.71 fl oz
- 100 grams granulated sugar (1/2 cup; 3.52 oz)
- zest of half a lemon
Instructions
- For the filling, in a small saucepan, add milk and sugar, and heat until hot and sugar is dissolved, add poppy seeds and lemon zest, and mix until incorporated. Set aside to cool.
- For the pastry, in a food processor (or bowl) pulse flour, powdered sugar, and baking powder.
- Add cold cubed butter and pulse until large crumbs form.
- Add milk, egg, and lemon juice and zest and pulse just until dough begins to come together.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and gently knead until dough comes together evenly.
- Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces, and every piece pat into a disk and wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 175 °C (350 °F).
- Unwrap dough disk and roll on a lightly floured surface, until very thin, around 2 millimeters. Spread 1/3 of a filling, living a 1-2 cm border. Cut into 16 wedges, starting with the wide edge, roll up each wedge.
- Repeat the process with remaining dough and filling.
- Place the cookies, points tucked under, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in the preheated oven, around 20 minutes. Cookies should not turn brown, must remain pale, or a little bit yellow on edges.
- Once baked, leave them to cool, and then sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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