Buchteln (from Czech , pl. , also in German: pl., sing. ; also , , ) are

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s made of enriched

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dough, filled with

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, jam, ground

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s or

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, brushed with butter and baked in a large pan so that they stick together and can be pulled apart. The traditional buchtel is filled with powidl. Buchteln may be topped with vanilla sauce, powdered sugar or eaten plain and warm. Buchteln are served tepid, mostly as a breakfast pastry or with tea. In the 19th century, they could be boiled similar to

dumplings Dumplings are a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of cooked dough (made from a variety of starchy sources), often wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, wheat or other flours, or potatoes, and it may be filled wi ...

. The origin of the buchteln is the region of

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, but they also play a major part in the Austrian, Slovak, Slovenian, and

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. In

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buchteln are called ''Rohrnudeln'', in Slovenian ''buhteljni'', in Serbian ''бухтле''/''buhtle'' or ''бухтла''/''buhtla'', in Hungarian ''bukta'', in

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''buhtli'', in Croatian ''buhtle'', in Polish ''buchta'', and in

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''buchta'' or ''buchtička'', in Lombard ''Buten''. In

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, in the Banat region, are called ''bucte''. File:Homemade Buchteln served with vanilla sauce.jpg, Homemade buchteln served with vanilla sauce File:Hausgemachte Buchteln.jpg, Freshly baked, homemade buchteln

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Buchteln – sweet yeast dumplings, incl. recipe

Bosnian buhtle recipe
Czech cuisine Austrian cuisine Slovenian cuisine Bavarian cuisine German desserts Hungarian desserts Sweet breads Yeast breads Foods with jam Stuffed desserts {{slovenia-stub

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