Buchteln

{{Short description|Enriched yeast bread}}

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| name = Buchteln

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| caption = Buchteln in a pan

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| region = Bohemia

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| type = Yeast dough

| served = Tepid

| main_ingredient = Enriched yeast dough (with egg, milk and butter); jam, ground poppy seeds or curd

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Buchteln (from Czech {{lang|cs|buchta}}, pl. {{lang|cs|buchty}}, also in German: pl., sing. {{lang|de|Buchtel}}; also {{lang|de|Wuchtel(n)}}, {{lang|de|Ofennudel(n)}}, {{lang|de|Rohrnudel(n)}}){{Cite web |title=Unterflack : Unterhose {{!}} Das Österreichische Wörterbuch |url=https://www.ostarrichi.org/wort/2356/Unterflack |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Unterflack : Unterhose {{!}} Das Österreichische Wörterbuch |language=de |archive-date=2022-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928124023/https://www.ostarrichi.org/wort/2356/Unterflack |url-status=live }} are sweet rolls made of enriched yeast dough, filled with powidl, jam, ground poppy seeds or quark, 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.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} 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.{{cite book|title=The Oxford Companion of Sugar and Sweets}}

The origin of the buchteln is the region of Bohemia, but they also play a major part in the Austrian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Hungarian cuisine. In Bavaria buchteln are called Rohrnudeln, in Slovenian buhteljni, in Serbian бухтле/buhtle or бухтла/buhtla, in Hungarian bukta, in Kajkavian buhtli, in Croatian buhtle, in Polish buchta, and in Czech buchta or buchtička, in Lombard Buten. In Romania, 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