Pain aux raisins

Snails are a common, particularly in Germany pastries. In Baden, in Swabia, in the Saar and the Palatinate the pastry is called Screw noodle. The name is due to the similarity of the finished piece back with a snail shell.

Ground substance is a sweet yeast dough that is rolled out. After rolling it is usually provided with different fillings and rolled up ( wrapped ), then cut and baked sliced ​​. After baking snails are usually aprikotiert and glazed depending on the product. Be rolled screw either one to the other end or both ends to the middle, whereby a twin-screw is formed.

Common and typical variations are snails from yeast dough with marzipan or persipan filling and raisins ( raisins snail), nut mass (nut screw ) or cinnamon ( cinnamon bun ). A variation is the Berlin - apple - worm, which is fried in fat.

Depending on the taste -determining addition are also poppy for snails, Puddingbretzel or in a simpler form Streusel and Zuckerschnecke.

• Fine baked goods