How to Make Turkish Simit Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1/2 cup oil
• 100 to 125 g melted butter
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 egg
• 1 medium spoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 10 g yeast
• 5 1/2 cups flour or as needed for the dough
• for brushing the surface at the end
• 2 tablespoons grape molasses
• 5 tablespoons water mixed with the molasses
• Note:
• Ingredients should be warm
• The dough must be kneaded well so no lumps of flour remain
• Cover the dough and let it rise until it doubles

Method

1. Mix the liquids with the yeast and leave briefly to let the yeast ferment.
2. Then add the flour and knead well until you get a soft dough. Leave it to rest for one hour.
3. Cut into equal round pieces then flatten by hand and dip them in the molasses-and-water mixture and then in sesame...
4. Arrange the simit dough on a baking tray and leave to rest for 10 minutes then score the pastries with a knife and put into a preheated oven for half an hour at 190°C
   Timers: 10 min
5. After shaping the dough cover it and let it rest for 10 minutes
   Timers: 10 min