Mucenici moldovenești
Automatically translated from Romanian. See the Romanian original
Mucenici moldovenești (Sfințișori) — fluffy, figure-eight shaped dough, baked in the oven, brushed with honey, and sprinkled with ground walnuts and cinnamon.
Ingredients
Method
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Prepare the dough as usual and let it rise for at least 1 hour, then shape into figure-eights and place on baking trays.
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Brush with egg and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes at 180 degrees.
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When you take them out while they are still hot, brush them with honey and dust with the walnut and cinnamon mixture.
The story behind this recipe
For the dough:
1 kg of white flour
2 sachets of yeast
400 ml of lukewarm milk
2 tablespoons of butter
2 eggs (1 for brushing before baking, and 1 for the dough)
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
grated zest from one lemon
1 teaspoon of salt
Honey for the topping and ground walnuts with cinnamon.
Make the dough as usual, let it rise for at least 1 hour, and then lovingly shape it into figure-eights on the trays. Brush with egg and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes at 180 degrees.
When we take them out while they are still hot, we brush them with honey and dust them with the walnut and cinnamon mixture.
I hope I can manage to stop at just 3 pieces! :))
Enjoy!
