Egyptian Seasoned Countryside Bread (koras)

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 kg all-purpose flour
• 1 cup ghee or 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons instant yeast
• 3 -4 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 liter sour milk or 1/2 liter yogurt
• 1 tablespoon anise
• 1 tablespoon fennel seed
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 if you like you can toast the sesame seeds and the anise and fennel first to intensify their taste.
• 2 put the flour in a big bowl + salt +sugar +all the seeds +vanilla +yeast.
• 3 mix lightly.
• 4 put your ghee or butter on heat till it bubbles lightly, let cool a little bit then add to the flour, mix well, then add the cream and the yogurt, knead well till you have a soft manageable dough, a little bit sticky.
• 5 let it rise covered in a warm dark place for 1/2 hour.
• 6 then cut it into large egg sized balls.
• 7 let rise again for 2 hour.
• 8 press each ball into a disc the size you prefer, and put in your trays, don’t use the rolling pin in this step pressing the balls by hands gives much better results.
• 9 you don’t need to brush the trays with anything.
• 10 leave to rise one last time 30-60min.
• 11 then turn on the oven on medium heat, with a knife draw parallel lines on each disc, brush lightly with (egg + milk + vanilla) mix, and put the trays in the preheated moderate oven, it will take 10-15 min, don’t leave it for so long so it won't get dry, once the bottom is red u can use the grill to put some color on the surface.