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Buttery crescent rolls with apricot jam

Name: Buttery crescent rolls with apricot jam
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 200 g Butter; 500 g All-purpose flour; 2 Eggs; 300 ml Milk; 1/2 cup Sugar; 1 cube (42 g) Fresh yeast; 200 g Apricot jam

Sweet, buttery yeast rolls filled with apricot jam, shaped into crescents and baked at 180 °C (350 °F). Makes 8 servings.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30–35 min
Total time: 1 hr 20 min
Temperature: 180 °C (350 °F)
Servings: 8 servings
Difficulty: Medium

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Fluffy, buttery crescent rolls filled with apricot jam are sweet yeast pastries for breakfast or a snack. The dough is made with all-purpose flour, a yeast starter, milk, eggs, and melted butter, which keeps it tender. The dough is rolled into a circle and cut into wedges, then each wedge is topped with a teaspoon of jam and rolled into a crescent.

Bake them at 180 °C (350 °F) until golden. They pair well with tea or coffee and are a favorite with children, too.

Ingredients

8 servings

Butter 200 g
All-purpose flour 500 g
Eggs 2
Milk 300 ml
Sugar 1/2 cup
Fresh yeast 1 cube (42 g)
Apricot jam 200 g

1 cup = 250 ml (metric cup)

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Instructions

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Sift the flour into a bowl to aerate it, then add the sugar. Crumble the yeast into a small bowl, sprinkle with 1 tbsp sugar, and stir into a paste. Add 1 tbsp all-purpose flour and 100 ml lukewarm milk. Once the yeast starter has doubled in volume, add it to the flour.
Whisk the eggs into the milk and pour over the flour and yeast starter. Add the melted butter and knead into a dough.
Let the dough rest for 10–15 minutes. Roll it into a circle, cut it into wedges, and place jam on each wedge.
Roll the wedges into crescents and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 180 °C (350 °F) for about 30–35 minutes, until golden.

Tip: Let the melted butter cool to lukewarm before adding it, as hot butter would weaken the yeast starter. Place the jam near the wide edge of each wedge so it does not squeeze out as you roll it up.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 561 kcal
Protein: 10 g
Carbohydrates: 80 g
of which sugars: 26 g
Fat: 23 g
of which saturates: 14 g
Fiber: 2.2 g
Salt: 0.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Nadýchané maslové rožteky s marhuľovou marmeládou