{"id":39,"date":"2022-06-11T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rollingdownmygarden.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2022-06-16T19:34:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T19:34:49","slug":"sunflower-carob-poppy-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rollingdownmygarden.com\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Sunflower\/carob\/poppy rolls (makovnja\u010da, suncokretnja\u010da i roga\u010dnja\u010da)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every weekend I bake some kind of dessert. I try to make something different every week, I try to mix traditional cakes with more modern desserts. This weekend I wanted to make something traditional, and what’s more traditional than our dough cake rolls.<\/p>\n

“Orehnja\u010da i makovnja\u010da”, the walnut and poppy seed rolls, are traditionally baked in inland Croatia during the winter months. There’s not a single Christmas table without these rolls and usually, everybody loves them. Some make them with more dough and less filling, others, like us, prefer to overfill the dough with filling, but either way, the cakes are always a wonderful meal, especially in the evening with a warm glass of milk.<\/p>\n

I used to bake my rolls the traditional way, with walnut and poppy seed filling, but I’ve noticed that baked walnuts can be a bit hard on the stomach in these combinations, so I’ve started making a lighter version of the rolls: Sunflower rolls.<\/p>\n

Ground sunflowers act very similar to walnuts in the baked dough, the filling will be a bit softer with sunflowers, but the taste will be almost the same as with walnuts. I’ve had many occasions when people didn’t even notice that the rolls weren’t filled with walnuts at all.<\/p>\n

The dough rolls are quite easy to make. The same dough is used for every filling, and it’s easy to make. I make my dough in the evening and leave it overnight to rise and fill it the next morning.<\/p>\n

The dough:<\/p>\n