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How to Make Turkish Simit
Turkish simit made with a delicious homemade recipe! All the details are here—just follow them for the best result. Serve with date molasses and tahini dip!
Turkish simit made at home and it couldn’t be better
Ingredients
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- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon yeast
- 1 teaspoon mahlab
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup yogurt
- 1/2 cup lukewarm water
- Topping
- 2 tablespoons date molasses
- 2 tablespoons water
- Sesame seeds
- To serve with simit (optional)
- Date molasses
- Tahini
- Note
- This quantity is enough to make 8 Turkish simit.
- Also from Rana, here is Mudlouka in Cups
- Also from Rana's delicious desserts, here is Shaabiyat
Method
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- Mix the dry ingredients separately, and mix the liquid ingredients—oil, yogurt, and water—together.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry mixture and start kneading until you get a smooth dough.
- Let the dough rest for 1 hour before shaping.Timers: 60 min
- Divide the dough into medium balls and shape them as shown in the picture.
- Let them rest for another 15 minutes.Timers: 15 min
- Dissolve 2 tablespoons of date molasses in 2 tablespoons of water, then dip the tops of the simit dough in the molasses mixture and then in sesame seeds.
- Arrange the pieces on a tray greased with a little oil or lined with parchment paper.
- Place the tray of Turkish simit on the middle rack of the oven and bake at 200°C for about half an hour, or حسب the oven.
- Brown them slightly on top.
- When serving, mix date molasses with an equal amount of tahini (or to taste) to make the molasses-tahini sauce for dipping.
Recipe tags
Pastries and bakingInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- Mudlouka in Cups
- Shaabiyat
