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Ukrainian Halloween Bread and Buns

Ukraine’s own spooky season: St Andrew’s Eve with a kalyta to bite without hands, fortune-telling varenyky, devil’s horns, poppy seed cookies against witches, a pumpkin for an unwanted suitor and garlic salo against vampires.

Kalyta Bread — the finished dish
Bread and Buns

Kalyta Bread

Kalyta, a round Ukrainian ring loaf with poppy seeds, walnuts, raisins and honey, hung on a ribbon on St Andrew's Eve and bitten without hands.

Hands-on time: 55 min plus waiting time: +20 min Difficulty: Easy