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Czech dukátové buchtičky with vanilla sauce
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Dukátové buchtičky - Czech sweet yeasted buns with vanilla sauce

A traditional Czech recipe for a sweet lunch or dessert, especially loved by kids!
Course Dessert, Main Course
Cuisine Czech
Keyword Sweet Yeast Dough
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Leavening 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings 4
Author Petra Kupská

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
Cups - Metric

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.