Molasses_Tahini Pastry

Ingredients:
 
1 C warm milk or water (105 F/ 41C)
1/4 C olive oil
1 pack  (1Tbsp.) dry active yeast
2 Eggs
5 Tbsps. sugar
1/2 Tbsp. salt
4 C unbleached Flour
1 C molasses
1 C Tahini
1 egg yolk
 
Making
Whisk together yeast, egg, olive oil, and sugar, salt by adding warm water slowly.
Add 1 C flour whisk gently with wooden fork
Add another Cup flour, mixture gets thick, sticky and heard to mix with fork
Add another Cup of flour and try to put the dough together by hand
At this time sprinkle some flour under the dough and try to form soft dough not too sticky and separating from the edge of the bowl.
 
ATTN: ** at this stage you may or may not use all last 1/2 C of Flour. But if you used all then don’t add more flour any more.
 
Mix molasses and tahini together in a bowl.
 
Knead the dough for 3 minutes. Round up and cover the bowl with saran wrap.
Let is stand at the warm place for about 30. Min. until dough raises one half of the size.
Bring the dough on to floured surface get rid of the air gently kneading the dough and bring to an elliptic shape.
Divide the dough 16 even pieces
Roll out each piece 14 inches diameter circles
Spread 2 Tbsp. molasses/tahini mix on the rolled sheet
Divide in two half circle
Roll in each circle into a 14-inch long baton and turn the rod into a nest by rolling in inwardly.
Dissolve 1/2 Tbsp. molasses in 2 C of water.
Dip the pastry in molasses water
Place on the cooking sheet.
Repeat the same process for each one of 16 pieces of the dough
Brush egg yolk on to the each pastry
Sprinkle some sesame seed
Cover the pastries with another cookie tray
Let the pastries rise for 45 minutes.
Set the oven for 360F  (190C)
Bake pastries for 22 Minutes.
 
 4/17/2018
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