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How to make Turkish bagel “Simit”?

Ingredients
For the dough:
- 600g flour
- 230ml oat milk
- 150ml warm water
- 30g oil
- 1 tbsp sweetener
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp(5g) dried yeast
- 2 tbsp Molasses
- 2 tbsp Water
- 1 cup toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- place warm water, dried yeast and sweetener in a small bowl and let it activate for 5 minutes.
- combine all the ingredients for the dough, knead well.
- wait until it doubles in volume at room temperature.
- divide the dough into 4 - 6 pieces. shape the dough into a twisted Turkish bagel shape.
- spread molasses over the surface and dip them into sesame seeds.
- bake at 200C/392F for 30 minutes.
- Enjoy!
Learn step by step how to do SIMIT – Turkish Bagel (recipe and video below)
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Simit (Turkish: simit, Arabic: سميط, romanized: samītˤ, Persian: سیمیت, romanized: sīmītˤ, Bulgarian: симит /simit/), gevrek (Turkish: gevrek, Bulgarian: геврек, Macedonian: ѓеврек, Serbian: ђеврек), bokegh (Armenian: բոկեղ), or koulouri (Greek: κουλούρι) is a circular bread, typically encrusted with sesame seeds or, less commonly, poppy, flax or sunflower seeds, found across the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire, and the Middle East. Simit’s size, crunch, chewiness, and other characteristics vary slightly by region. It is widely known as Turkish bagel in the United States.
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