Viennese Jam Rolls

Buchteln

Preparation info
  • Makes

    15

    rolls
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafes of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague

By Rick Rodgers

Published 2002

  • About

At the venerable Café Hawelka, the witching hour is 10 P.M., not midnight, for that is when the pastry chef’s Buchteln hit the tables. In a matter of minutes, they magically disappear. Sure, you can enjoy these sweet rolls filled with preserves at room temperature at any time of the day, but served warm from the oven late at night, they are unsurpassable. They use a good amount of butter—in fact, many recipes say they should swim in the butter during baking. Thanks to Herr Schrammel