Armenian Choereg (Breadsticks)
photo by manushag
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
60 breadsticks
- Serves:
- 60
ingredients
- 1133.98 g flour or 1892.72-2129.31 ml flour
- 14.79 ml salt
- 59.14 ml sugar
- 236.59 ml scalded milk
- 7.08 g package yeast
- 118.29 ml warm water (about 105 degrees)
- 118.29 ml Crisco
- 226.79 g butter
- 7.39 ml nigella seeds (black seeds)
- 2 eggs
- 1 beaten egg
- sesame seeds
directions
- Dissolve yeast in warm water.
- Heat milk and turn off heat. Add butter and Crisco to melt and cool milk.
- If you have a large Kitchen Aid Mixer, add all ingredients except beaten egg and sesame seeds. If not, you will need to mix all in a large bowl and knead by hand.
- Add enough flour to make a soft slightly sticky dough.
- Knead 10 minutes in mixer or with oiled hands.
- Allow to rise until double in bulk. Around 2 hours.
- Oil hands and punch down. Pull off a hunk of dough and roll out with your hands to a long rope.
- Slice on the diagonal in 5 inch pieces. Make sticks or circles or braid three pieces together, if desired.
- Place on a cookie sheet an inch apart.
- Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes until light brown.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
manushag
Scranton