KANDİL SİMİDİ

 SESAME & MOLASSES  RINGS

Ingredients:

• 1 stick butter ( melted )
  
• 1/4 cup of vegetable oil
• 1 tsp of vinegar
• 2 tbsp of plain yogurt
  
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1/3 tsp of baking soda
• 1 tsp of ground mahaleb
• all purpose flour
  

Topping:

• 1 cup of sesame seeds
• 5 tbsp of molasses
• 1 tbsp of water

Take melted butter, yogurt, vegetable oil, and vinegar in a large mixing bowl and whisk it well. Add mahaleb, baking soda, salt. Add flour slowly (to make very soft dough ) and start to knead.
Stop adding flour when you reach soft consistency.
Preheat the oven 350F. Place a parchment paper on a baking sheet.
Take small parts ( about the size of walnut ) from the dough and give them the shape of ring (about 2 inch diameter).
Take the molasses and and 1tbsp of water in a large bowl and whisk it. Take the sesame seeds another large bowl.
Dip the rings first into molasses and then dip them into sesame seeds.
Place the rings on the baking sheet.
Bake them until the rings are just golden brown.