Ukrainian poppy seed buns

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several different types of pastries are on a baking sheet and ready to go into the oven

Poppy seed filling may be an acquired taste, but I have always loved the assertive, slightly musky flavor. I associate it with Christmas. Of course, I did grow up in Cleveland, an ethnic town that was home to many people with Eastern European heritage. I never did associate poppy seed filling with potica. (The very idea would have been sacrilege in my family!) I was most accustomed to it in Danish pastries and in those delicate filled cookie-pastries like the ones at the top of the page…

there are many slices of bread on the plate and one is cut in half to look like spirals

If you ever attended a Ukrainian Christmas or Easter Bazaar, you must have been amazed by how many baked goods there are available for sale, plus tables flooded with Nut Rolls, Poppy Seed Rolls, Lekvar Rolls, Apricot Rolls, and other goodies. These rolls are made out of sweet yeast-raised dough, then filled with one's favorite filling, rolled up, then baked to a nice golden color. My favorite is a Nut Roll, filled with a creamy mixture made out of ground walnuts. Today I will share my…

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