At last I found bread that my hubby really enjoyed eating it Yeah… For long time I baked only bread without the crust. But now I have big hopes that we will make a break with it and start baking this potato bread. By the way, the taste of this bread is slightly similar to “švilpikai”

(2 small loaves or 1 kg loaf)

500 g superior grade flour

1 tsp salt

15 g butter

7 g active dry yeast

250 g cold mashed potatoes

about 250 g warm water or milk

sunflower oil for greasing baking forms

Pour flour and salt to a bowl, rub in butter, mix in yeast. Put mashed potatoes and rub in the flour. In the middle make a hole and pour water just to make soft and quite sticky dough. On the floured surface knead the dough till it becomes smooth and tensile. Form a ball and put it in the oiled big bowl. Cover with the oiled cling film and let rise in the warm place for an hour or till the dough will double. Take out the dough on the litely floured surface and punch a few times. Knead untill the dough will be smooth and tensile. Grease with the oil baking tins. Devide the dough in halves, form loaves. Put them in baking tins, cover with oiled cling film and let stand for 30 minutes or till the dough will rise. Bake in 230°C preheated oven 10 minutes, then low down the heat to 200°C and bake for 20-25 minutes more or till the bread will brown. Knock the loaves bottom. If you hear hollow sound – it’s ready.

Notes: I prepared dough in bread machine. Then took the dough, kneaded a little bit, formed a loaf and put it to bread machine form just without mixers. Left to rise for an half-an-hour, then baked about 40-50 minutes.

Source: Mary Berry. Klasikinė virtuvė (2005)

Very good snack. Kids came from the kindergarden and ate only these sticks till none was left. I had to hide some for photosession. I baked them already two times. The first time I rolled sticks in sesame seeds, but the next day I had joy cleaning all house with vacuum-cleaner from the seeds The next time I put sesame seeds inside the dough and it was more practical and the taste didn’t differ very much.

(20-22 sticks)

250 g flour

5 g dry active yeast

1/2 tsp. salt

2 tsps. paprika

175 ml warm water

25 g sesame seeds (if you want to roll sticks in sesame you gonna need 25 g sesame seeds more)

Sift the flour, salt and paprika. Put yeast, sesame seeds and water. Knead the dough and let rise for an hour in warm place. Then on the floured surface form from the dough 15 x 30 cm rectangular. Cut dough in about 1cm thickness sticks. If you want to roll sticks in the sesame, now you have to do it. Overwind the sticks and put on the floured (or lined with the baking paper) baking tray. Cover and let rise for 20 minutes. Bake in 220°C preheated oven for 8 minutes.

Source: Школа гастронома 2010-03 (149)

Maybe when you take a look at the recipe you think that it’s ordinary yeasted buns. And you’ll be wright We just liked that they’re not too sweet, and the shape of buns look pretty. These buns are popular in our family. I also tried to make rabbit shape buns for children but understood that here I need to practise a lot

(15 buns)

500 g flour

250 g milk or water

20 g fresh yeast

2 eggs (1 for the dough, 1 for brushing)

50 g sugar

50 g margarine

5 g salt

lemon or orange peel or vanilla

First of all sift the flour and set aside. Then warm up the fluid, break the egg, put salt, sugar and mix till sugar dissolves. Pour the fresh yeast mixed with some sugar. Then mix in the flour. At the end of kneading pour warm fats and seasonings. Stop kneading when the sides of the bowl are clean. Smooth out the surface of dough, coat with some fats or pour over some flour, cover with clean towel and let rise.
When the dough has risen, devide it to 15 even balls. Every ball roll out to 60cm long roll and devide in half. Cross the rolls and braid. Put buns on the baking tray lined with baking paper and let rise. Then coat with an egg and bake in 230-250°C for about 10-15 minutes.

Note: I prepared and rose the dough in a bread machine.

Source: E.Binkauskienė. Kepiniai (1977)