I use to love these little tea bread when I was a child and I still love them today. I buy them often in a Russian grocery store near by but always had a desire to bake them myself. Sushki are slightly sweet crunchy round pastries/cookies which are served with tea or eaten as a snack. They look like mini bagels but they are very dry and crispy. They are fun to make, actually, our whole family was making them – that is why our sushki look all different-)) It’s ok, we had some good time. I like them with poppy seeds, but you can make them plain or top them with sesame seeds as well.
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Hope you had a very nice Easter weekend!
Illustration by Yelena Strokin
Sushki – Sweet Tea Bread
(9 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Loading...Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups (300g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (110g) water
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp. sugar for the dough
- 1 Tbsp. poppy seeds
- 2 Tbsp. sugar for water (to cook)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, egg, water, and salt into a firm dough. Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and allow to rest for about 25 minutes. Cut the dough into small pieces (about 15 grams each), and roll them out into 5-6 inch strings. Make rings by putting the ends together.
In a large, heavy pot, bring 5 cups of water and the sugar to a boil. In batches, add the rings to the water and boil, turning, for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Place the boiled sushki rings on a baking sheet and sprinkle with poppy seeds or leave them plain. Bake sushki until they are golden brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack.
Russian tea cookies “sushki” with poppy seeds
10 Comments
Rosa's Yummy Yums
April 6, 2015 at 9:14 amSurely very delicious! A wonderful teatime treat.
Cheers,
Rosa
Angie Schneider
April 6, 2015 at 11:22 amThey remind me of bagels 🙂 I would love one with my afternoon tea.
La Table De Nana
April 6, 2015 at 12:37 pmI love this POST:)
Your artwork is totally charming Yelena.
The hedgehog..bunnies in their lair..happy little faces..and the toadstool reminded me immediately of your cookies..
Beautifully strung your delicacies.
melangery
April 6, 2015 at 1:15 pmMonique, thank you! Every time I visit your blog and see your watercolors I have a desire to start draw and paint again. These little children illustrations were done by me a long time ago, and I love them dearly-))
Have a lovely week!
Anonymous
April 6, 2015 at 8:03 pmThese look lovely Yelena. They look like something that you could eat simply with a bit of butter or slather with cream cheese and jam or other preserves. Thank you for sharing your Russian recipes with us all, Russian cuisine is very under-appreciated outside Russia.
Medeja
April 7, 2015 at 7:46 amOh yes! I still love them. Don't know how to make them, but I always get them when I go home. Very addictive 😀
Dominique Allmon
April 7, 2015 at 2:17 pmA really lovely post, Yelena. Another recipe absolutely worth trying! Great pictures as always. I really admire your talent.
Warm greetings! – Dominique
handmade by amalia
April 7, 2015 at 3:35 pmI could go for a sushki right now! But, Yelena, cooking is only part of your talent, these illustrations are adorable!
Amalia
xo
Nippon Nin
April 7, 2015 at 11:48 pmNice illustration! You're blessed with many talents!
It really looks like mini bagel! Cute and fun!
Lublyou
April 8, 2015 at 8:01 pmI love how they look and I always loved dipping them in tea… like my grandma hahah because I'm always afraid of cracking teeth with them))
Katie // Lublyou