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Breads & Pastries

10 recipes in this category

Homemade breads, pies, and baked goods made with simple, wholesome ingredients.

A golden-topped baked cornmeal custard in a rustic pan, sliced to show a soft, cheese-flecked interior
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Baked Cornmeal Custard with Kajmak and Cheese

Known as razlevuša, this rustic bake pours a loose cornmeal, kajmak, cheese, and egg batter into a pan and bakes it until golden — a hearty, standalone dish.

Total time: 60 min
Servings: 6-8
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Golden yeast dough roses in a baking pan, drizzled with caramel cream, pull-apart style
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Sourdough Roses with Caramel Cream

Enriched yeast dough rolled with butter and sugar, cut into roses, baked with a vanilla milk glaze, and served with a poured caramel custard cream.

Total time: 70 min
Servings: 8 roses
Golden baked potato rolls on a white plate, sliced open to show the ham filling
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Potato Rolls

Laminated potato pastry rolls filled with ground ham, egg yolk, and sour cream. Rich, flaky, and savory.

Total time: 65 min
Servings: 20 rolls
A rustic loaf of potato bread with a golden crust, sliced to reveal a soft, tender crumb
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Potato Bread

A traditional Central European potato bread with an exceptionally soft crumb that stays fresh for several days — a hallmark of early 20th century home baking.

Total time: 75 min
Servings: 2 loaves (approx. 16 slices each)
Golden-brown Emmental cheese bars arranged on a wooden board, served with a cup of tea
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Emmental Cheese Bars

Flaky millet pastry strips with Emmental, kajmak, egg yolks, and red pepper—savory tea snack from early 1900s Central Europe.

Total time: 115 min
Servings: 12
Hollowed kaiser roll filled with creamed spinach, topped with a fried egg and grated cheese on a white plate
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Creamed Spinach in Kaiser Rolls

Toasted kaiser rolls hollowed and filled with butter-creamed spinach, topped with a fried egg and grated cheese.

Total time: 40 min
Servings: 4
Golden-brown macaroni cheese pie in a rustic baking dish, cut to reveal the layered pasta and white cheese filling
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Macaroni Cheese Pie

Savory Serbian gibanica layered with boiled pasta, aged white cheese, and kajmak, wrapped in a hand-stretched lard pastry crust.

Total time: 100 min
Servings: 8
Sliced fatback walnut roll on a dark oak board, dusted with powdered sugar, showing flaky layers and dark walnut filling.
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Fatback Walnut Roll

Flaky yeasted pastry laminated with raw pork fatback, filled with milk-cooked walnuts, raisins, and lemon zest. Sliced and dusted with sugar.

Total time: 95 min
Servings: 12–15 slices (3 rolls)
Sliced Kletzenbrot fruit bread on a dark oak board, revealing layers of dark fruit, nuts, and chocolate
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Kletzenbrot with Quince Cheese

A richly fruited Central European holiday bread packed with prunes, apricots, dates, dark chocolate, nuts, and homemade quince paste.

Total time: 160 min
Servings: 16