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Middle Eastern · Bread

Flaky Layered Butter Breads

Soft yeast dough rolled thin, brushed with butter, stretched into a rope and coiled so each round bakes into flaky layers. Glazed with egg and scattered with seeds, they are lovely warm with preserves or cheese.

  • YieldMakes 6 breads
  • Hands-on1 h 15 min
  • Total3 h 15 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 2 tspactive dried yeast
  • 60 mlwarm water, for the yeast
  • 600 gall-purpose flour, sifted
  • 250 mlevaporated milk, warmed
  • 1egg, beaten
  • 1 tspsalt
  • 1 tbspcaster sugar
  • 60 mlunsalted butter, melted and warm
  • 10 gunsalted butter, softened, for greasing the bowl and trays

To finish

  • 125 mlunsalted butter, melted, for brushing
  • 1egg, small, beaten
  • 1 tbspsesame seeds

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Sesame
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Wheat
  • Yeast
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stand mixer

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 4
  • Needs advance prep

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: low

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