Sushki (sg. sushka; rus, су́шки, p=ˈsuʂkʲɪ, plural; rus, су́шка, p=ˈsuʂkɐ, singular) are traditional

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an small, crunchy, mildly sweet bread rings eaten for dessert, usually with tea or coffee. () The word ''sushka'' has a common root with the Russian verb ''sushit'' (сушить) "to dry". Typical ingredients are

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, eggs, water, and salt, which are combined into a firm dough. This is then cut and rolled into thin strips of about half a centimetre thickness which are formed into rings, briefly cooked in boiling sugar water, then baked in an oven.Bublik and Sushki recipes (in Russian)
/ref> The rings are generally about 3 to 5 cm in size. Sushki are sometimes topped with

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s. Traditionally, sushki were strung on a string for selling on the street or at regional markets. Nowadays, industrially produced pre-packaged sushki are sold in food shops all over the countries of the former

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. In other countries, packaged sushki can be found in markets that sell Russian foods. A bag of sushki in a market.

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Sushki belong to a class of Eastern European ring-shaped bread products which are briefly boiled before baking. Belarusian and Russian baranki are larger and softer, but still rather dense such that they are often dipped into tea like sushki. Ukrainian bubliki and Polish obwarzanki krakowski are even larger and softer, but not as soft as Jewish

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s. All such products are also commonly referred to as ''bubliki'' in Russian and Ukrainian. Alternatively, they are called generically ''baranki'' in Russian, ''obarinki'' in Ukrainian and ''abaranki'' in Belarusian. "Baranka-type products" () is a formal designation of the product class. ''Bublitchki'', a

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of bubliki, is sometimes used to denote small-size products of this class, in particular, sushki. Taralli are similar Italian bread rings. File:Bublik, baranka, sushka (2).jpg, Bublik, baranka and sushka File:Сушки с маком.JPG, Poppy-seed sushki

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