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Ukrainian Halloween Cookies

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.

Witch Cookies with Poppy Seed Sauce — the finished dish
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Witch Cookies with Poppy Seed Sauce

Thin crisp poppy seed cookies cut into moons and witch hats, with a hot poppy seed, milk and honey sauce. In Ukrainian lore, poppy seeds keep witches away.

Hands-on time: 50 min Difficulty: Easy