Slaniki - Slovenian Salt Bread Rolls
Traditional Slovenian salt bread rolls
Fluffy homemade bread rolls topped with a crunchy salt crust, perfect for breakfast or as a savory snack.
Equipment
Ingredients
Dough
all-purpose flour (room_temperature)
500 g
fresh yeast (fresh)
20 g
sugar (granulated)
10 g
salt (fine)
10 g
milk (lukewarm)
300 ml
oil (liquid)
50 ml
egg (whole)
1 piece
Egg Wash
egg yolk (separated)
1 piece
milk (liquid)
15 ml
Salt Topping
flour (dry)
2 tbsp
salt (coarse)
1 tbsp
water (cold)
45 ml
Instructions
Prepare the dough ingredients
Measure and prepare all dough ingredients.
Activate the yeast
Dissolve the fresh yeast with sugar in lukewarm milk.
Mix the dough
Add flour, salt, oil, and egg to the yeast mixture and knead until smooth.
First rise
Cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
Shape the rolls
Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces and shape into rolls.
Second rise
Place rolls on baking sheet and let rise for 10 minutes.
Prepare egg wash and salt topping
Mix egg yolk with milk for egg wash. Mix flour, salt, and water for salt topping.
Apply toppings and bake
Brush rolls with egg wash, then sprinkle with salt topping mixture. Bake in preheated oven.
Original recipe
Storage
Store in an airtight container. Reheat in oven to restore crispiness of salt crust.
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