Simit are a fast-food bread sold in the streets of Turkey. They are often eaten for breakfast with cheese, olive, jam or yogurt. Simit are also great alone.

Simit are light and flaky, baked to a golden brown color, and topped with sesame seeds. They are often formed into rings and are sometimes braided.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoons milk plus 1 teaspoon
• 1 egg, beaten
• sesame seeds
• milk for brushing

How to prepare:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. In a medium mixing bowl, sift together flour and salt.

3. Make a hole in the dry ingredients with your fist.

4. Add olive oil, melted butter, water, milk, and egg.

5. Mix dry ingredients into liquids to form a dough.

6. Once you have a dough, tear off pieces of dough, make long, cigar shapes. Bring the ends together to form a circle.

7. Place circle on cooking sheet.

8. Brush with milk. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake for 30 minutes, or until simit become a golden brown color and crispy on top.