Simit: Turkish sesame ring bread

5 from 4 votes

Delicious Turkish sesame seeds ring bread great with cheese and olives.

Prep Time2

Cook Time20

Total Time2 20

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Turkish

Keyword: Simit

Servings:

Calories: 582.06kcal

Author: Swathi (Ambujom Saraswathy)

3.5 cups 325g Bread Flour or use unbleached all purpose flour
1 cup + 2 tablespoon of Water
A pinch of sugar
2 teaspoon 6g Instant yeast use active dry yeast if you don’t have instant yeast in hand
1 ¼ teaspoon 6g Salt
2 tablespoon Molasses use concentrated jaggery or brown sugar water
½ cup Water
2 cups white Sesame seeds

If using active dry yeast, then dissolve yeast in 100 ml warm water and let it stand for 3 min.
In a bowl add flour, yeast, salt and pinch of sugar and mix well. Then gradually add water to form smooth dough, knead well about 10 minutes until the dough is no longer sticky.
Cover the dough and leave it in a warm place for 1.5 hours or until doubled in bulk.
Turn out the dough into a lightly floured surface and punch down. Knead for 2 min.
Divide it into 12 pieces (about 45g each) and shape them into long rolls.
Take two rolls and form a twisted rope like this
Then form this twisted rope into 15 cm ring by pressing and sealing the ends together
Dissolve the molasses in ½ cup water .
In a plate add sesame seeds.
Dip each ring in molasses water first, then in the sesame seeds.
Set aside for 20 minutes so that simit plumb up little
Bake them in 450 F pre-heated oven for 20-25 min or until brown.