Crunchy sesame rings

Name: Crunchy sesame rings
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 350 g Flour; 1 teaspoon, go. Salt; 1 TEASPOON Sugar; 1 pck. Dry yeast; 5 TABLESPOONS Oil; 4 TABLESPOONS white sugar cane syrup (e.g. from Monin); 10 TABLESPOONS Sesame; baking paper

AUTHOR
Isreal Robertson

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

Wonderfully airy and crisp! In Greece the pastry is known as Koulouri and in Turkey as Simit

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
135 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6

350 g Flour
1 teaspoon, go. Salt
1 TEASPOON Sugar
1 pck. Dry yeast
5 TABLESPOONS Oil
4 TABLESPOONS white sugar cane syrup (e.g. from Monin)
10 TABLESPOONS Sesame
baking paper

Directions

1
Mix flour with salt, sugar and yeast in a bowl. Add oil and approx. 200 ml lukewarm water and knead to a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the mixer. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour until the dough has doubled.
2
Mix syrup with 8 tablespoons of water in a deep plate. Put sesame seeds in a second deep plate. Knead the dough once again briefly. Divide into 6 pieces and form balls. Prick a hole in the middle of each ball with your finger. Enlarge the hole to approx. 5 cm Ø by circular finger movements, so that curls are formed. Turn the balls first in syrup water, then in sesame.
3
Place 3 circles on each of two baking trays lined with baking paper. Cover and leave to rise for about 15 minutes. Bake one after the other in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 230 °C/circulating air: 210 °C/gas: see manufacturer) for 15-20 minutes. Let them cool down.