Poppy Seed Roll

Variations of the popular poppy seed roll have been a mainstay of Christmas, Easter, and Shabbat celebrations in Eastern Europe for generations and have many different names, including Polish makowiec, Hungarian beigli, Viennese Wienerbrød, and Ukrainian makivnyk.

Made of a fresh yeasty, sweet bread dough with a bittersweet filling of poppy seed paste, it is rolled up like a cinnamon roll before baking so that, when it’s cut, the filling creates dense swi