Jam and Poppy Seed Sponge Sandwiches

If you don’t have people in your life who will tell you when you have poppy seeds stuck in your teeth, find some before you make these. These aren’t so much cookies as teeny tiny cakes, as dainty as their name, baletki—little ballet shoes. A simple biscuit sponge, baletki are made texturally surprising with tart raspberry jam and a load of poppy seeds that toast in the oven and pop in your mouth. Dip these in coffee—the sponge soaks up liquid for a hint of the espresso-soaked