Recipe and source notes

Bagelach

2 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 500 grams self-rising flour
  • 100 grams margarine (just under 4 oz: 1 stick should be OK)
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 3/4 cup lukewarm water
  • 2 tablespoons arak
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon mahleb seeds, ground
  • 1 egg white
  • 50 grams sesame seeds

Make it step by step

  1. Place flour, margarine, oil, water, Arak, and spices into a bowl and mix until it is formed into dough.
  2. Take a walnut size piece of dough and roll into a rope about 1/3 inch in circumference and about 5 1/2 inches long, then join the two ends together forming a bagel. Continue until all the dough is used up.
  3. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
  4. Bake 45 minutes in a pre-heated moderate oven [350 degrees F] on a greased cookie sheet
  5. Cool. Store in a closed container.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Foodista by Helen Pitlick, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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