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Hey Poppy Seed Roll Fans!

Drop me a line poppy-please! Are you impressed with poppy seeds yet?

From the lens Poppy Seed Roll : Traditional Hungarian Pastry.

Have you had the pleasure to taste poppy seed roll? Where may I ask? Do you make poppy seed rolls? Have any tips or serving suggestions you'd like to contribute?

P.S. For Linda who was looking for a recipe, I found Triple Onion Bacon Bun Recipe.


  • EnjoyLens Jun 4, 2012 @ 5:04 am | delete
    Nice lens, well done!
  • Ladymermaid Jun 1, 2012 @ 9:56 am | delete
    Oh you have indeed brought back some wonderful memories of poppy seed rolls, bread, cake, and wheat soup. I can almost feel the poppy seed as at snaps when bitten. It is the delightful texture of poppy seeds that made them so delicious in cake, rolls, and bread. With Russian - Ukrainian my mom baked with poppy seeds a lot.
  • aesta1 May 30, 2012 @ 12:15 am | delete
    When we lived in Ottawa, we used to get poppy seed roll and I miss it. I don't know if I can find poppy seed here in Hanoi. I will try to make it if I find these.
  • Mujjen May 21, 2012 @ 2:47 pm | delete
    I love poppy seed rolls, but can't remember ever having Hungarian ones. I just hope they have poppy seeds around here!
  • queenofduvetcovers Apr 27, 2012 @ 10:33 am | delete
    Poppy seed rolls look so yummy! Awesome lens!
  • Petar Apr 24, 2012 @ 12:57 pm | delete
    Although I'm not entirely sure that poppy seed strudels originated in Hungary, I will admit that Hungarian cuisine is FANTASTIC! I've been to Hungary several times myself and the food *never* disappoints. BTW, I love your food lenses, the recipes are all great.
  • virtualboy Apr 18, 2012 @ 12:26 pm | delete
    some amazing recipes
  • MelonyVaughan Apr 1, 2012 @ 1:41 pm | delete
    Wonderful recipes! I love poppy seeds in any shape and form. They are so delicious!
  • Bill_Lawrence Apr 1, 2012 @ 9:07 am | delete
    Nice lens
  • LaraineRose Apr 1, 2012 @ 1:56 am | delete
    A return trip to let you know that I tried your Poppy Seed Roll Recipe and loved it!
  • TeamSTM Mar 29, 2012 @ 9:13 am | delete
    I had just read up on Poppy Seeds, I didn't know they were one so Popular and works so well in Muffins!! :D

    Yummy!!
  • ElBat Mar 24, 2012 @ 7:55 am | delete
    As a country we don't have it in our cuisine, but it is not unknown either. I found it in the market and I must say it is amazing!
  • pawpaw911 Mar 22, 2012 @ 10:32 am | delete
    Looks and sounds delicious.
  • d-artist Mar 17, 2012 @ 8:39 pm | delete
    Oh yummy, yummy, yummy, poppy seed items to eat! My mom used to make Poppy Seed cake or "Mohnkuchen" Once I bought a can of poppy seeds to make a Bunt Cake, well I ate the whole can before I could make the cake...
  • moonlitta Mar 17, 2012 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    Poppies have culinary side about them indeed:) Not worse than the art with poppies- probably we see form of culinary art here too. This recipe seems to be amazing indeed.
  • Beetlemania Mar 17, 2012 @ 5:14 am | delete
    More yummy food! You must have had a "sweet" childhood!
  • nightbear Mar 15, 2012 @ 8:22 pm | delete
    Beautiful Page, I love your recipes, and this sounds fantastic. Blessed.
  • peachplanet Mar 13, 2012 @ 11:11 am | delete
    I grew up on this stuff! Croatian cooking is influenced by Hungarian style dishes.
    You are making me hungry!
  • bakerwoman Mar 13, 2012 @ 1:29 am | delete
    I will need to make this poppy seed recipe. It looks delicious and most likely is.
    Bookmarked and blessed. You have awesome recipe lenses.
  • AnnaMKB Mar 10, 2012 @ 7:35 pm | delete
    I used to help my mother makes these (well... our Polish version, which looks pretty much the same to me) when I was a child. We used poppy seeds we'd grown ourselves. Had no idea that type of poppy was illegal to grow!
  • miaponzo Mar 5, 2012 @ 2:35 pm | delete
    I absolutely adore poppy seeds and anything they come on! Blessed!
  • Aquavel Mar 1, 2012 @ 1:24 pm | delete
    Finding this lens is a major treasure for me! I love poppy seed roll and haven't had it since I was a little girl and my grandfather used to get it for me at the Hungarian bakery in Pittsburgh when I would visit. I'm so glad your recipe doesn't include raisins. Sometimes he would get poppy seed roll with raisins and I would pull out the raisins. :) I'm going to make it for sure and will report back!
  • Deadicated Feb 9, 2012 @ 10:57 am | delete
    Great Lens, wish I could have a Poppy Seed Roll; I'm afraid it would make me flunk a drug test; I received 100 points for Squid Liking this Lens, you were my 900th Squid Like.
  • VKumar Feb 8, 2012 @ 12:46 pm | delete
    Delicious recipes. Great Lens.
  • efriedman Feb 4, 2012 @ 1:40 pm | delete
    You've given a great description of baking with poppy seeds. I am half Hungarian but did not grow up with exposure to traditional foods. In fact, I did not even know that poppy seed baked goods were a traditional Hungarian food, and yet I always liked them whenever I had them. When I finally visited Hungary I was delighted to know that these are part of my heritage. "Makos" the word for poppy filling is one of the few Hungarian words I learned and remember!
  • mumsgather Feb 1, 2012 @ 8:04 pm | delete
    I agree with you that Poppy Seeds are addictive. I just love the crunch it adds to my pastries and cakes.
  • cffutah Jan 28, 2012 @ 7:37 pm | delete
    well sought article!
  • OzGirl Jan 25, 2012 @ 9:32 pm | delete
    I'm from northeaster Ohio too! Akron, to be more precise. I LOVE poppyseed rolls, and even though I've made my own in the past, when I'm pressed for time, we would often buy them around the holidays when our local Acme stores baked them. My father passed down my love for the poppy seed flavor, and my son is afflicted with it too! :-)
  • jimmyworldstar Jan 22, 2012 @ 1:15 pm | delete
    Looks delicious! I love those sort of swirl rolls with filling like cream on the inside. I just eat poppy seeds on bagels really, haven't tried it in a roll!
  • TrebAllen Jan 13, 2012 @ 11:56 pm | delete
    I just loved poppy seed rolls. My mother and grandmother used to make them ... looked just like yours but they called them mohnkuchen. When I google mohnkuchen it looks totally different, so maybe they made a modified version that was rolled. On occasion they would put plump raisins in the poppy mix as well. My mother and grandmother also never wrote their recipe down. It was really, really delicious! Great lens!
  • Koupie Jan 13, 2012 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    I love lemon poppy seed loaf, your recipes sound delicious :) *Blessed
  • Marika Dec 31, 2011 @ 1:27 pm | delete
    I was craving poppy seed and walnut rolls! It's New Years Eve day and I'm thinking about what to bring to a friends party. I am 1st generation Hungarian and lost my Mother last year. She never had a recipe book, it was all in her head. I procrastinated for years about writing everything down, lest I forget. Well. that didn't happen and I lost my Dear Mum last year. I thought, I'll google it, what have I got to lose? Thankyou for bringing a sweet tear to my eye, and for the recipe!! Marika
  • KimGiancaterino Dec 17, 2011 @ 11:50 am | delete
    I always like to visit your baking lenses this time of year to see the photo of you and your wonderful Grandma. You must miss her a lot during Christmas. What a legacy she left, sharing her baking secrets.
  • Buchamar Dec 12, 2011 @ 4:21 pm | delete
    Nice lens - Good Job!
  • LaraineRose Nov 1, 2011 @ 11:46 pm | delete
    For the past three years I have bought one of these. I looked today and I couldn't find one. I couldn't believe it when I was looking at your lenses and here it is! Thank you - I can now bake it myself this year.
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Sep 18, 2011 @ 6:18 pm | delete
    Even here, in the photo with your grandmother, I can see your ebullient spirit shine forth. :-) Oh, what do we do without our grandmothers' cooking and baking? How I miss their homemade specialties. Something made with love, and a grandmother's hands, is always best (and blessed). These poppy seed rolls look so scrumptious! I must have them. Thank you for the recipes.
  • ellagis Aug 6, 2011 @ 2:13 pm | delete
    Finally!!! I don' t know how to thank you!!!!! I had tasted these delicious rolls twice, in Slovakia, and I really wanted to cook them, but I couldn't find the recipe!!!!
    So, thank you, thank you, thank you... I'll try your recipe soon!!!!
  • bakerwoman Jun 24, 2011 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    I have made poppyseed dessert with the paste inside called hamentashen. It is usually made for Purim, a Jewish holiday.
  • sorana Apr 25, 2011 @ 6:17 am | delete
    If I really wanted to, I could eat a Poppy Seed Roll for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I just love it. Delicious lens.
  • MarkFashionista Apr 8, 2011 @ 1:33 pm | delete
    This looks delicious! yumm I will need to try and do this pretty soon!
  • ClassyGals Apr 1, 2011 @ 12:36 pm | delete
    No Joke, Angel Blessings! Happy April Fools Day!
  • Caroline Szeplaki Mar 25, 2011 @ 7:23 pm | delete
    My grandmother used to make poppy seed rolls and walnut rolls too! Thank you so much for the recipe. Now I can make it for my children and grandchildren!
  • clouda9 Mar 17, 2011 @ 3:46 pm | delete
    Oh the roll I had just had poppy seed on the outside, not rolled into the bread. That looks nom nom! May the luck of the Irish be with you today...*blessed and featured on http://www.squidoo.com/my-angel-wings :*
  • Lorraine Jan 18, 2011 @ 1:10 am | delete
    I grew up in Connecticut, in a neighborhood with many immigrant families from pretty much everywhere. I loved going to my friend Donna's house, because her father was Polish, and her mother was Hungarian.... between the two, some of the most awesome food came out of that kitchen! My absolute FAVORITE, though was beigli, which, until this morning, I did NOT know the name of. For 50 years I had been remembering this wonderful pastry.... looking for and describing it every time I was in a bakery... "I think its served around the holidays... its either Hungarian or Polish... it is a roll made with either poppy seeds or walnuts..." For whatever reason, this morning, I went to Google, typed in "Hungarian poppy seed roll". I think I screamed! There it was! I knew by reading the ingredients for the 2 fillings, and looking at the pictures, I FINALLY found it! Well, I made my 1st beigli this evening, and I am in Heaven! It is so amazing to remember something so fondly from childhood, and find it again, 50 years later. The recipe tastes exactly like the beigli I first tried in Mrs Telep's kitchen, 51 years ago. Thank you SO much! I am thrilled! Now, if your stuffed cabbage recipe can match hers, (tomorrow night's dinner, I think, lol) you truly have a devoted fan. Maybe one more slice...... :)
  • best_intentions Jan 16, 2011 @ 4:33 pm | delete
    Yum!!!! Where I live there is a shop called Kramarczuk's that bakes this... every single time I drive by there, I have to resist the urge to pop in for beigli. I've never tried making this, but you have inspired me! mmm.mmm.mm.mmmmm.mmm
  • awelldressedbullet Jan 4, 2011 @ 12:54 pm | delete
    I just love that picture of you and your gramma!
  • Joy Mehalko Jan 3, 2011 @ 2:59 pm | delete
    i have baked poppy seed rolls for 30+ years. My family love them. I am looking for some help tho. My husband likes a receipe that I do have it. Goes somthing like this" you have a dough, make tiny little balls drop them in a milk and butter, along with poppy seed and eat like a soup...Has anyone ever heard of this. If any one has the receipe will they share it with me??? Thank you, married to a Russian/Check whose family made this.
  • tembrooke Dec 24, 2010 @ 7:27 pm | delete
    Blessed -- Merry Christmas! :-)
  • JackBandit Dec 24, 2010 @ 12:41 pm | delete
    Yum Yum!
  • mannasugar Dec 22, 2010 @ 7:03 pm | delete
    Can you make some for me and mail them to me?
  • Chinajoy Dec 18, 2010 @ 7:45 am | delete
    Interesting...great lens...I love poppy seeds, but I will have to give this a try.
  • maxnic11 Dec 17, 2010 @ 8:13 am | delete
    bet it's great at your house!
  • Chadrew Dec 16, 2010 @ 8:46 am | delete
    Oh yeah, poppy seed pastries are delicious :)
  • darciefrench Dec 14, 2010 @ 4:13 pm | delete
    I love all things poppy seed -:)
  • Arlene Nonnemacher Dec 9, 2010 @ 1:04 pm | delete
    looking for recipe for baboulkey (poor spelling) Tiny baked rolls placed in pan with a poppyseed sauce made with honey,raisins,sugar, and a little whiskey. Can anyone help me.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Dec 4, 2010 @ 9:42 am | delete
    You look like my cousin Marilou at that age.

    I love this stuff! Seriously, but its hard to find and I can't imagine making it!
  • mayapearl Dec 4, 2010 @ 12:58 am | delete
    I used to eat poppy seed cake in Europe but I have not seen any here in Oz, maybe they would be available in the city. Your recipe however seems delicious and I will have to try making it over the holiday. Yummy lens, thumbs up!
  • Patricia Duncan Nov 10, 2010 @ 2:09 pm | delete
    My Grandmother and Mother are part Hungarian descendants, and for years I've been looking for their recipe of Poppy Seed Roll, and finely I decided to go on line for a recipe.
    I used to love it for dessert when I was a kid and am finely going to make it myself. I hope
    it will bring back memories for alot of people who try it.
  • Classic Oct 12, 2010 @ 11:00 am | delete
    By the way, I have lens-rolled this lens to my Balaton lens, my Budapest lens, my Herend porcelain lens and the one about the Vizsla, because all of those are Hungarian themed. :o)
  • Classic Oct 12, 2010 @ 10:57 am | delete
    Well, I have been hunting for a good recipe of the Beigli for years, and you have it right here! Thanks! Please come visit my lens on the Hungarian hunting dog Vizsla. Nobody seems to have seen it yet! See you there )btu my Vizslas won't get a crumb of your Beigli or Toltott kaposzta, I promise! Classic :o)
  • WriterBuzz Oct 5, 2010 @ 3:04 am | delete
    This is a great lens. Thanks for making it. Very informative. I gave you a thumbs up

    cause I like your lens.
  • JHFSEO Sep 26, 2010 @ 12:25 pm | delete
    My Mom still makes them, as well as nutrolls, linzer and others around the holidays, as well as kifli throughout the year. We are fortunate to have such great bakers in the family and hopefully maintain the traditions. igen jó!
  • Dave Jul 22, 2010 @ 3:21 pm | delete
    My family is Slovak; I grew up on this stuff. Loved it. My grandma would make several loaves of it every week and it was always around as a staple snack when company visited. She made usually with poppyseed but also walnut and occasionally prune. I managed to get her recipe, but the issue I run into constantly is that the sides burst when I bake them. I dont have a convection oven (but then again neither did grandma!)... what am I doing wrong?
  • mulberry Jun 20, 2010 @ 9:46 am | delete
    These sound great!
  • Swisstoons Jun 18, 2010 @ 10:59 pm | delete
    Another irresistibly tasty lens! In doing a quick inventory of all the comestibles I've had which contained poppy seeds, the only things I can come up with are bagels and French bread! I can see from your lens that I am definitely missing out!
  • BigGirlBlue Jun 3, 2010 @ 3:30 pm | delete
    Your lens made an impression so I left behind a blessing. Best wishes!
  • fenellashorty May 17, 2010 @ 3:50 pm | delete
    thank you for this wonderful lens!
    poppy seed roll fan (aka fenella)
  • Lon Maxwell May 4, 2010 @ 11:57 pm | delete
    Hooray for you, you god send. I've been looking for these recipes for the past few years. A good grandmother tested old world recipe is worth its weight in gold. Do you have a particular favorite of the beigli? Thanks for helping out a displaced NE Ohioan
  • Arnie Dec 3, 2009 @ 9:50 am | delete
    I live in Memphis., TN but just came back from Chicago, IL. My uncle used to bring a poppyseed cake with him everytime he visited us. So while I was there, I bought a cake to bring back to Memphis. I found it at Tel Aviv Bakery on Devon. Mmmm!! It is good. Brings back memories of when my uncle brought it. It tastes the same too.
  • Renate Sexton, Louisville, KY Nov 27, 2009 @ 6:31 pm | delete
    We have searched in vain for this type of poppy seed roll. Do you know of a bakery that I can order these -- my baking skills are somewhat limited! This roll is exacly what we are looking for. Thank you, rmail: rosexton@insightbb.com
  • Megan Dec 6, 2009 @ 9:31 pm | delete
    I live in Louisville KY and I only know of one other person who knows what poppy seed roll is! Bubba's homebaked goods looks very good - I have also ordered from Marie's (a little dry). How did you learn of poppy seed rolls?
  • WhiteOak50 Aug 1, 2009 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    Oh, my goodness, guess who wants to try this recipe! This sounds fantastic and my hubby man loves poppy seeds. I usually make homemade bagels with poppy seeds for him. Yummy, the only thing I need to get to make this is walnuts. Great Share, Julie!!
  • AndyPo Jun 30, 2009 @ 7:25 am | delete
    Sounds interesting. I don't think I tried this when I was in Hungary. I shall look out for it next time I go there.
  • Diane May 24, 2009 @ 11:58 am | delete
    We always had poppyseed bread (roll) at Christmas and Easter. Kifli was one of my Aunt Julia's specialties along with rosettes. I have a recipe similar to yours, and make it often. How I miss those simpler days in my Grandmom's kitchen watching her bake. One of the Hungarian bakeries in our neighborhood made delicious popppyseed danish with a melt in your mouth crumb topping, anyone have a recipe for the buttery crumb topping?
  • lilkon Apr 27, 2009 @ 1:44 pm | delete
    As I remember, sour cream was an ingrediant in making the dough which was left to stand for some time to blend. Thinking about the walnut puree, and probably the poppy seed filling, there was no water but milk bubbling in the pot with both. Mom always leaned on the "rich" side when cooking or baking. Said it tasted so much better. We didn't worry about gaining weight then.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Apr 19, 2009 @ 4:01 pm | delete
    Looks yummy!
    Thanks for stopping by my House Finch lenses
    Lizzy
  • kiwisoutback Apr 10, 2009 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    This looks really good! I haven't really had poppy seeds inside of bread before, but I've had plenty of poppy muffins and bulkie rolls. This one sounds better though. I'm printing this one out to see if my grandmother-in-law can make it for me... I mean us! She loves this stuff. Squid Angel blessed!
  • Silver_Lotus Mar 28, 2009 @ 2:40 pm | delete
    That poppy seed roll recipe is almost the same as my mom's. I love this food! Nice lens.
  • Susan52 Mar 25, 2009 @ 7:01 pm | delete
    I've never had a poppy seed roll, but I'd love to try one! Thanks for adding this lens to my Easter Desserts lens!
  • Aquavel Mar 16, 2009 @ 12:13 pm | delete
    Ahhhh... Such memories. I'm printing out this recipe and I'm definitely going to make it. Poppy Seed Roll is one of my all time favorites! I can rarely find it in the bakeries these days and when I do, it often has yellow raisins mixed in, and I don't like it as well. Your recipe looks yummy!!! 5*s! (I'll report back after the feast.) :-)
  • Ken Szorosy Jan 16, 2009 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    The only ingredient missing is my grandmother. great recipe
  • ThomasC Jan 6, 2009 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    This poppy seed rolls recipes looks and sounds very tasty! Well done lens! Rated and blessed!
    ThomasC
  • BarryKrost Jan 5, 2009 @ 12:35 am | delete
    Another yummy lens. Love poppy seed pastries.
  • Phyllis Cross Johnson Dec 11, 2008 @ 1:42 am | delete
    For the first 25yrs of my life I lived in Cleve. and had Poppyseed Rolls and Lekvar Cookies every Christmas--now I live near Sacramento Calif---and canNOT find the Poppseeds or Lekvar--can anyone please tell me how I can get my hands on some. My Mom is now living with me and is requesting that I make some for Christmas this year.
  • poddys Nov 30, 2008 @ 3:00 pm | delete
    I had never heard of these before, but they sound great. 5***** for another great lens.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Oct 11, 2008 @ 10:05 am | delete
    I've never had a poppyseed roll. It sounds really good.
    Great lens
    Lizzy
  • lakeerieartists Sep 11, 2008 @ 6:00 pm | delete
    Yum. . . Welcome to the Comfort Food Group!
  • Linda Jul 9, 2008 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    i'm trying to find a recipe for matzneeca, i'm not sure i spelled it correctly. My husband's grandmother used to make it. it is bread dough that is rolled out flat and filled with bacon and onions. rolled like a jelly roll and baked.
  • KimGiancaterino Jun 27, 2008 @ 12:28 am | delete
    Delicious! I will make these sometime. Welcome to Culinary Favorites From A to Z.
  • chefkeem Jun 8, 2008 @ 8:11 pm | delete
    My grandmother in Vienna made these for us when we were children (my 2 sisters and I). Today, I drive over an hour to La Grange, Texas, to get authentic poppy seed pastry, kolaches and apple strudel. Yummy lens! *****

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