Buchteln (from Czech , pl. , also in German: pl., sing. ; also , , ), are

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s made of enriched

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dough, filled with

powidl Powidl (or ''powidel'', from Czech ''povidla'') is a fruit spread prepared from the prune plum (zwetschge). Unlike jam or marmalade, and unlike the German '' Pflaumenmus'' (plum puree), powidl is prepared without additional sweeteners or gell ...

, jam, chocolate, ground

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s or

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, brushed with butter and baked in a large pan so that they stick together and can be pulled apart. The traditional buchtel is filled with powidl. Buchteln may be topped with vanilla sauce, powdered sugar or eaten plain and warm. Buchteln are served lukewarm, mostly as a breakfast pastry or with tea. In the 19th century they could be boiled similar to

dumplings Dumpling is a broad class of dishes that consist of pieces of dough (made from a variety of starch sources), oftentimes wrapped around a filling. The dough can be based on bread, flour, buckwheat or potatoes, and may be filled with meat, fish ...

. The origin of the buchteln is the region of

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, but they also play a major part in the

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, Slovak,

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, and

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. In

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buchteln are called ''Rohrnudeln'', in

''buhteljni'', in

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''buhtle'' or ''buhtla'', in Hungarian ''bukta'', in

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''buhtli'', in Croatian ''buhtle'', in Polish ''buchta'', and in

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''buchta'' or ''buchtička'', in Lombard ''Buten''. In

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, in the Banat region, are called ''bucte''. File:Homemade Buchteln served with vanilla sauce.jpg, Homemade buchteln served with vanilla sauce File:Hausgemachte Buchteln.jpg, Freshly baked, homemade buchteln

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Buchteln – sweet yeast dumplings, incl. recipe

Bosnian buhtle recipe
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