Turkish cuisine · Breakfast & Eggs

Açma (Soft Sesame Rolls)

Soft yeasted rings made from a milk-and-butter dough, rolled in sesame seeds and baked golden brown.

Ingredients · for 8 servings

• 500 g flour
• 250 ml milk
• 100 g butter
• 2 eggs
• 50 g sugar
• 7 g yeast (dried)
• 1 tsp salt
• 50 g sesame seeds
• 3 tbsp oil

Instructions

1. Warm the milk until lukewarm, dissolve the yeast and sugar in it and let sit for 10 min. until a foamy crown forms.
2. Add the flour, salt, 1 egg and 60 g softened butter and knead for 8–10 min. into a soft, smooth dough that pulls away from the bowl; let rise covered for 60 min. until doubled in size.
3. Mix the remaining butter with the oil; divide the dough into 12 pieces and roll each into an oval flatbread about 20 cm long.
4. Brush each flatbread thinly with the butter-oil mixture, roll up tightly from the long side, close the strand into a ring and press the ends firmly together.
5. Place the rings on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, brush with the beaten second egg, roll in sesame seeds and let rise again for 30 min.
6. Bake at 180 °C for 22–25 min. until golden brown and dry on the underside, let cool to lukewarm on a rack and serve fresh with breakfast tea.