Transfer kifli/rolls to baking sheets; place a pat of butter on top of each roll. Bake for 5 minutes at 400˚F. Prepare the glaze; combine eggs and water in a small bowl and beat to combine. Remove Kifli from oven and brush with egg glaze; sprinkle with sesame seeds and continue to bake for 11 to 13 more minutes, or until golden.
Sweet kifli can be made dry with sugar or stuffed with jam or cream and/or topped with powdered sugar or vanilla (these taste similar to the popular Balkan dessert known as vanilice ). In Germany, sweet kifli are differentiated with the world kipferl as opposed to the “regular” kipfel.
There is a popular variant of kifli made with spelt flour. Generally, after coming out of the oven, they are painted with a little water to give them a shinier appearance. Of course, egg wash can also be used and they can be coated with poppy seeds or caraway seeds mixed with coarse salt.