Greek Poppy Seed Strivers Recipes

OLD WORLD POPPY SEED ROLL

Steps:

• Place poppy seeds into a food processor and process until seeds are ground, about 1 minute.
• Mix poppy seeds with 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter, lemon juice, and hot milk in a bowl; stir to combine. Cover poppy seed filling and refrigerate while making bread (filling will set up and thicken as it chills).
• Mix yeast with water and 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl. Allow to stand until the yeast forms a creamy layer.
• Whisk flour with salt in a bowl; use a pastry cutter to cut 1/4 cup butter into the flour mixture until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Pour yeast mixture and egg yolk into flour mixture and stir to make a soft dough.
• Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and knead until smooth and slightly springy, about 5 minutes. If dough is too sticky, knead in more flour, about 2 tablespoons at a time.
• Cut dough into 2 equal pieces. Roll each piece out into a 12x16-inch rectangle.
• Spread half the poppy seed filling over each rectangle, leaving a 1-inch border. Fold the 1-inch border back over the filling on all sides and press down.
• Pick up the shorter side of a dough rectangle and roll it like a jelly roll; repeat with second rectangle. Pinch ends together or tuck ends under to prevent filling from leaking out.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; place rolls seam sides down on the baking sheet and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat egg white in a bowl until frothy; brush the rolls with beaten egg white.
• Bake in preheated oven until dark golden brown on top, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cover rolls with a clean kitchen towel until cool to keep crust soft. Cool completely before slicing.

GREEK YOGURT POPPY SEED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray 15 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Lightly spoon 2 cups flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl using a whisk; make a well in the center.
• Stir yogurt, buttermilk, butter, eggs, poppy seeds, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl; add to flour mixture, stirring just until batter is moist. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops are golden brown, about 18 minutes. Remove muffins from cups immediately and place on a wire rack.

GREEK POPPY-SEED STRIVERS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees farenheit. Grease (or line) cookie sheets.
• In a large bowl cream together butter, sugar, and egg until smooth. Stir in the extracts and gradually mix in the flour. Blend well.
• Add in the Poppy-seeds and seperate the dough into several inch-round spheres.
• Heres the fun part, you can mold these cookies into just about any shape, the dough is very pliable, I made some into triangles, circles, squares, even letters or animals-you choose.
• Once your cookie(s) possess the desired shape, you may lay them out on ypur pre-prepared pan and pop 'em in the oven(I would reccomend the middle rack).
• Let them bake for 10-12 minutes until a golden brown, be sure that they're nice and firm too- just not burnt.
• Let them cool slightly and enjoy.
• (P.S. if the bottoms are a little darker than the top, do not be alarmed for this is normal).