Homemade sesame crescent bread rolls

Name: Homemade sesame crescent bread rolls
Yield: About 40 rolls
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 kg All-purpose flour; 250 g Vegetable oil; 600 ml Milk; 2 cubes (42 g each) Fresh yeast; 1 tbsp Granulated sugar; 2 tbsp Salt; for sprinkling Sesame seeds (or caraway seeds)

Yeast rolls made with flour, milk, oil, and fresh yeast, topped with sesame or caraway seeds. Makes 35–40 rolls; bake for 10–12 minutes.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 1 hr
Cook time: 10–12 min
Temperature: 220 °C (425 °F)
Servings: About 40 rolls
Difficulty: Medium
Cuisine: Slovak

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Homemade sesame crescent rolls are bread rolls you can bake with everyday ingredients instead of buying them at the store. Let the dough made with flour, milk, oil, and a fresh yeast starter rise, then divide it into balls, roll each one out, and roll it up into a crescent-shaped roll. Sprinkle with sesame or caraway seeds and bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 220 °C (425 °F). One batch makes approximately 35 to 40 rolls.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour 1 kg
Vegetable oil 250 g
Milk 600 ml
Fresh yeast 2 cubes (42 g each)
Granulated sugar 1 tbsp
Salt 2 tbsp
Sesame seeds (or caraway seeds) for sprinkling

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Instructions

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Warm 200 ml of the milk, add a heaping tablespoon of sugar, and let it dissolve. Add 2 cubes of fresh yeast and let the mixture become foamy. Sift the flour into a large bowl, then add the oil, remaining milk, salt, and yeast mixture.
Knead the mixture by hand into a dough and let it rise in a warm place, such as outside in the sunshine or in an oven set to 30 °C (86 °F). Pinch off small pieces of the risen dough and shape them into balls between your palms, as shown in the picture. You should have approximately 35–40 balls.
Roll out each ball, then roll it up into a crescent-shaped bread roll, as shown in the picture below.
Brush a baking sheet with oil, line it with parchment paper, and lightly brush the paper with oil as well. Arrange the rolls on the sheet, let them rise for a few more minutes, then brush with oil or beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame or caraway seeds to taste.
Bake in an oven preheated to 220 °C (425 °F) for approximately 10–12 minutes. Cover the baked rolls with a damp kitchen towel for a few minutes to keep them soft the next day.

Tip: Keep the dough balls covered with a kitchen towel while they wait to be rolled out so they do not dry out. Place the shaped rolls seam-side down on the baking sheet so they do not unroll during baking.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per piece, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 158 kcal
Protein: 3.3 g
Carbohydrates: 21 g
of which sugars: 1.2 g
Fat: 6.9 g
of which saturates: 0.9 g
Fiber: 0.9 g
Salt: 0.9 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: Domáce kysnuté rohlíky so sezamom