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Servings: 20 pcs.

Tebirkes

Delicious and airy tebirkes
Author: Ninna Hertha Post Jensen
Keyword: Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, cold-risen
Prep Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 100 gram Yeast equivalent to 2 packs
  • 300 gram Milk
  • 9 gram Salt
  • 75 gram Sugar
  • 3 pcs. Egg
  • 900 gram Wheat Flour
  • 300 gram Margarine
  • 1 pcs. Egg for brushing
  • Birches for sprinkling

Instructions

  • Crumble the yeast into a mixing bowl or a large bowl.
  • Add the cold milk and dissolve the yeast in it. Add salt and sugar.
  • Lightly beat the eggs and add them to the yeast mixture.
  • Add flour and knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic.  
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a damp tea towel and place the dough in the refrigerator.
  • Let the dough cold ferment for about 8 hours or overnight.
  • Take the dough out of the refrigerator and place it on a lightly floured countertop.
  • Flatten the dough and roll it out into a rectangle about 1 centimeter thick.
  • Cut the margarine into thin slices and place them on 2/3 of the dough. Fold the last third of the dough towards the center, and fold the rest over. The dough is now in three layers.
  • Generously dust the countertop with flour. Roll out the dough again into a rectangle.
  • Repeat the process of folding the dough into three layers.
  • Finally, roll the dough into a sheet measuring 30 x 60 centimeters and fold it in the same way into three layers lengthwise. Cut the dough into 20 pieces, each about 6 centimeters wide.
  • Place your tebirkes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Beat the egg in a bowl and brush the unbaked rolls. Sprinkle them generously with poppy seeds.
  • Bake in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit) for about 15 minutes.  
  • Let them cool on a wire rack.