German PoppySeed Pastry

The German Poppyseed pastry is a classic pastry that you can find in every German bakery. But unfortunately not in the USA, only special German influenced bakeries will make this pastry.
The good news is, you can make the poppyseed pastries at home, it is not that difficult. It’s up to you if you want to add a glaze on top or not. The glaze adds an extra sweetness, so you might want to be using less sugar. I personally like these pastries without the glaze but I know in America a high sweetness is often desirable. If you should decide to make them, as usual Happy Baking!

Ingredients German Poppy Seed Pastry

500 g flour, unbleached, all purpose
1 package dry yeast
50 g corn starch
1 dash salt
300 ml whole milk
50 ml taste neutral oil such as avocado oil
1 egg

Filling Made from Scratch
175 g poppy seeds (ground)
60 ml milk
25 g soft butter
75-100 g sugar
1 egg
1 package vanilla sugar, 0.3oz
– How to Make Vanilla Sugar –

Glaze
175 g powdered sugar
3 tbsp hot water

Baking Instructions

– Sieve flour and starch into a bowl, add yeast and a bit of salt and mix well.
– Add egg, milk and oil and knead until you get a smooth dough.
– Cover it with a kitchen cloth, and let raise until dough volume has doubled.

FILLING
– Mix poppy seeds with milk, butter, egg and vanilla sugar until you get a thick cream, add sugar to taste (or 100g).
– Knead dough again, on a baking board that is dusted with flour roll it to a rectangle (30x40cm or 11×15 inches). Then spread poppy seed cream on top, all dough should be covered.
– Roll it carefully and press ends together.
– If you want bigger pastries roll it from the longer side; for smaller pastries roll it from the shorter side.
– Cut 2cm or 1 inch thick slices and place them on a baking tray that had been layered with parchment paper.

– Let raise for another 20-30 min.
– Pre-heat oven to 200 C or 375 F and bake pastries for 5-10 min.

– For the glaze mix powdered sugar with water and spread evenly on warm pastries.

The glaze is optional. They are tasting great without a glaze, and are less sweet.

Popular German poppy seed filling from Dr Oetker