The 1901 Cookbook Archive
No. 2791 — Bread Rolls with Poppy-Seed Milk
English historical translation of Molokhovets recipe No. 2791 from the 1901 Russian cookbook, retaining original methods and measures.
Bake as for the fasting bread rolls in recipe No. 2789, but replace the water with 2½ glasses of poppy-seed milk prepared from 2 glasses of grey poppy seeds, following Part I, recipe No. 493.
Use poppy-seed oil in the dough. Sprinkle the rolls with equal portions of grey poppy seeds and sugar, and brush with honey diluted in boiling water. The flour requirement is 3 pounds.
Original source: Read Russian recipe No. 2791. Historical quantities and terminology are retained. See the measurements guide. Period preparation and storage methods are not modern safety guidance.