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    Czech Dukátové buchtičky Recipe

    Published: Jun 30, 2020 · Modified: May 21, 2024 by Petra Kupská | Cook Like Czechs · 6 Comments

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    If you want a typical Czech sweet treat, go for „dukátové buchtičky s vanilkovým krémem“. Just a single bite, and you’ll know why these little yeasted buns with vanilla cream are a favorite between Czechs!

    Czech dukátové buchtičky

    What Are „Dukátové buchtičky“

    They’re a miniaturized version of buns, served with warm sweet vanilla sauce. The vanilla sauce or cream is sometimes called „šodó, “and its ingredients include yolks, vanilla, and heavy cream.

    The buns aren’t filled with anything and are baked in an oven.

    Pronunciation

    I recorded a short audio clip on pronouncing the Czech word dukátové buchtičky. The first word in the audio is "dukátové buchtičky", the second is "dukátové buchtičky se šodó".

    Ingredients

    Dukátové buchtičky dough:

    • All-purpose flour
    • Yeast; I used fresh yeast, but dry yeast will work as well
    • Granulated sugar
    • Milk; lukewarm
    • Unsalted butter; melted but not hot
    • Egg
    • Pinch of salt

    Vanilla sauce:

    • Egg yolks
    • Granulated sugar
    • Vanilla essence
    • Heavy cream; fat content of at least 30 %

    You will also need melted butter to spread on the buns before putting them in the oven.

    And then more melted butter and brown rum - you'll use this mixture to brush the baked buns right after taking them out of the oven.

    ✅ You’ll find the exact amount of ingredients below in the recipe card, which you can also print out.

    Instructions

    Making buchtičky:

    1. Crumble the yeast into a bowl, add 1 teaspoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of lukewarm milk, and leave at room temperature for 10 minutes to form a bubbling starter.
    2. Heat the remaining milk gently in a saucepan and let the butter melt in it.
    3. Place the flour in a bowl, add a pinch of salt, the remaining sugar, the egg, the milk and butter, and the yeast starter. Knead into a smooth dough, dust with flour, and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour, until the dough has at least doubled in volume.
    4. Heat the oven to 320 °F (160 ºC). Grease a baking tray with some of the melted lard.
    5. Roll out the dough on a floured surface into a roll measuring 1 inch (2,5 cm) in diameter and cut it into equal-sized pieces, which you then shape into balls in your hands.
    6. Place the balls in a greased baking dish. Brush each one with melted butter on all sides. Place the baking dish in the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
    7. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the brown rum, and spread the hot mixture over the baked buns.
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    czech dukátové buchtičky

    ⤍ Learn how to make dough rise in the oven.

    Making the vanilla sauce:

    What would the buchtičky be without vanilla sauce! You’ll need 6 egg yolks and 2 cups (500 ml) of heavy cream.

    1. Whip the yolks together with granulated sugar and vanilla essence and slowly add the hot, heavy cream to the egg mixture.
    2. Warm up the sauce at a low temperature for a while, stir all the time, so there are no lumps.
    3. Then, sieve the vanilla sauce into a clean bowl, and mix it a few times when it cools down.
    4. The vanilla sauce will thicken while cooling down.

    A quick fix: This sauce can be completely replaced by vanilla pudding made from cornstarch.

    Serving

    Serve buchtičky warm, pour them with warm vanilla sauce. Buchtičky s krémem are served as a main course, less commonly as a dessert in the Czech Republic.

    Cook’s Tips

    • The yeast dough for the buns needs to be really thoroughly worked - you have to sort of lift it up with a wooden spoon to get air into it. After a while, the dough starts to peel away from the sides of the bowl. It is ready when it is beautifully smooth and not sticky.
    • The smaller the balls you make, the prettier the buns will be!
    • Spread the baked buns with a warm mixture of melted butter and brown rum. The buns will smell wonderful and remain moist.

    More Czech Desserts:

    • Lívance - Czech Yeasted Pancakes with Cinnamon
    • Meruňkový koláč - Czech Apricot Streusel Sheet Cake
    • České koláče - Czech Kolache

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    Czech dukátové buchtičky with vanilla sauce

    Dukátové buchtičky - Czech sweet yeasted buns with vanilla sauce

    Author: Petra Kupská | Cook Like Czechs
    A traditional Czech recipe for a sweet lunch or dessert, especially loved by kids!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time: 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time: 30 minutes mins
    Leavening: 1 hour hr
    Total Time: 1 hour hr 50 minutes mins
    Servings: 4

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    Ingredients 

    Yeasted dough:

    • 2 teaspoon active dry yeast (or 15 g fresh yeast)
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • ⅔ cup milk lukewarm
    • 1 stick unsalted butter
    • 2 and ½ cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 egg yolk
    • ¼ teaspoon salt

    Vanilla sauce:

    • 6 egg yolks
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • 2 cups milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    To brush:

    • ⅓ stick unsalted butter melted, to grease the baking dish and Buchtičky buns before baking
    • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
    • 1 Tablespoon rum e. g., Kirkland spiced rum from Costco or Austrian Stroh 40

    Instructions 

    Buchtičky dough:

    • Crumble the yeast into a bowl, add 1 teaspoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of lukewarm milk, and leave at room temperature for 10 minutes to form a bubbling starter.
    • Heat the remaining milk gently in a saucepan and let the butter melt in it.
    • Place the flour in a bowl, add a pinch of salt, the remaining sugar, the egg, the milk and butter, and the yeast starter. Knead into a smooth dough, dust with flour, and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour, until the dough has at least doubled in volume.
    • Heat the oven to 320 °F (160 ºC). Grease a baking tray with some of the melted lard.
    • Roll out the dough on a floured surface into a roll measuring 1 inch (2,5 cm) in diameter and cut it into equal-sized pieces, which you then shape into balls in your hands.
    • Place the balls in a greased baking dish. Brush each one with melted butter on all sides. Place the baking dish in the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
    • Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the brown rum, and spread the hot mixture over the baked buns.

    Vanilla sauce:

    • Separate yolks and egg whites (you’ll need only yolks). Whip the yolks with sugar and vanilla.
    • Boil the whipping cream in a pot and mix it in the egg mix carefully.
    • Pour the mix back to the pot and warm it up on low temperature until the sauce thickens.
    • Sieve the cream into a clean bowl, let it cool down, stir occasionally.
    • Lay the buchtičky on a plate and pour over the vanilla sauce.

    Notes

    • The smaller buchtičky you make, the nicer they will be.
    • If you’re busy, lay the entire dough onto the tray and cut it with a knife into a grid. You’ll be able to separate buchtičky easier this way.
    • Spread the baked buns with a warm mixture of melted butter and brown rum. The buns will smell wonderful and remain moist.
    Servings: 4
    Course: Dessert, Main Course
    Cuisine: Czech
    Keyword: Sweet Yeast Dough
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    Comments

    1. Alena says

      January 29, 2022 at 5:23 am

      5 stars
      I grew up in former Czechoslovakia, and I remember having dukátové buchtičky at least twice a month. I adored them as a child, but since I emigrated to the USA with my parents in 1986, I couldn't find a recipe until I stumbled upon this one. Thank you, Petra, for showing me how to make the best food of my childhood!

      Reply
    2. SR says

      June 27, 2022 at 12:55 am

      Love this! Can you also provide a recipe for Bramborové šišky s mákem in English? My great-aunt made them when I was a child amd I am sad that I cannot pass this recipe also on to my children as the only recipes I can find are in Czech!

      Reply
      • Petra Kupská says

        June 27, 2022 at 5:25 am

        Hi and thanks for your comment! Here's a recipe for "bramborove sisky": instead of fried breadcrumbs, sprinkle them with ground poppy seeds mixed with powdered sugar and top with melted butter.
        Dough for sisky in the Czech Republic is usually made with coarse flour (hrubá mouka), but all-purpose flour works just as well. The dough is very simple, you need potatoes pre-cooked in the skin, let them cool, peel them, and add an egg and a bit of salt, and enough flour to make a non-sticky dough. Quickly shape the sisky, then put them to boil in water. Sprinkle the sisky according to taste, it can be made both sweet and salty - for example, with braised cabbage and cubes of fried bacon.

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        • SR says

          July 06, 2022 at 2:10 pm

          Thanks so much - I truly appreciate this! Can you provide some measurements for the ingredients?

          Reply
          • SR says

            July 06, 2022 at 2:17 pm

            Oh I found them at the bottom of the recipe - thanks!

            Reply
            • Petra Kupská says

              July 15, 2022 at 6:15 am

              You are very welcome, I hope you enjoyed the recipe! 😊

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    Hi there, I am Petra, born and raised in the Czech Republic, a self-taught home cook with over 20 years of experience. I am on a mission to keep Czech culinary heritage alive by sharing cherished recipes & stories with nostalgic hearts worldwide.

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