Buchteln, or yeast buns with poppy seeds - Czech Mardi Gras recipe on Gourmetpedia

Ingredients

• - For 20-25 buns
• Dough
• - 1 package fresh yeast
• - 250 ml / 1 cup lukewarm milk
• - 140 g butter
• - 500 g all-purpose flour (medium ground)
• - 1 pinch of salt
• - 60 g granulated sugar
• - 3 egg yolks
• - bit of vanilla and grated lemon zest
• - melted butter for the casserole and brushing the buns
• For poppy seed filling:
• - 250 g ground poppy seeds
• - 500 ml / 2 cups milk
• - 100 g sugar
• - 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
• - 1/2 vanilla pod or vanilla sugar
• - 1 Tbsp. raisins soaked in 1 Tbsp. rum
• - 1 Tbsp. cocoa