SIMIT RECIPES RECIPES

Steps:

• Tip the flour, salt and sugar into a bowl and mix together. Add the yeast and 150ml warm water, mix, then knead for a few mins to bring everything together into a soft dough. Tip onto your work surface and continue kneading for 10-12 mins until the dough feels stretchy. Return to a clean bowl, cover and leave to rise for an hour or two until doubled in size.
• Meanwhile, toast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until golden. Set aside in the pan. Mix the molasses syrup or pomegranate molasses with 50ml water in a wide shallow bowl.
• Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Roll each into a sausage about 45cm long. Flip the rope of dough back on itself then twist the two strands and loop into a ring, squeezing the ends together to secure. Once shaped, dip each piece into the molasses water, turning to coat, then into the sesame seeds, making sure each one is well covered. Transfer to a baking tray, cover and leave to prove for another 45 mins-1 hr. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• When the breads have puffed up, uncover them and bake for 15-18 mins until golden. Cool, then wrap in a tea towel to keep them fresh. Can be made up to a day ahead and warmed gently before serving.

Steps:

• In a bowl mix yeast, water, sugar and heavy cream. Then cover the bowl with moisture piece of cloth or kitchen towel and let the yeast to get activated in 10 minutes.
• Mix yeast mixture, egg, 5 cups of flour, oil and salt, in another bowl, and mix them with your hand until they combined well. 
• Transfer the dough from the bowl to your floured counter surface and knead with your hands to form a smooth & elastic ball shape. This kneading may take up to 10 minutes but make sure the dough is smooth enough.
• Again cover the dough with moisturized piece of cloth or kitchen towel and let rest the dough 30 minutes. And preheat the oven to 200 C.
• Roll the dough into a cylinder shape of total 60 cm length and grab from the center of it and twist together the ends, holding from the loop at the top to make joint. 
• Pull the ends into a loop to make the fine ring. Repeat the process with the rest of the dough pieces.
• Mix grape molasses with 2 tablespoons of water in a plate. And then dip each simit in the molasses and water mix. 
• After dipping the Simits to the molasses & water mix then dip each Simit into the sesame seeds. Make sure that each simit are fully coated with sesame seeds.
• Put cooking paper to the oven tray and place the 6 simits on the tray and bake for 20 minutes at 240 C. Repeat the same process for the rest.
• After all baked, let the Simits cool for minimum 5 minutes and then Serve.