Bagelach
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

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

Preparation

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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From: Yerushalayim shel mat'amim by Rina Valero Showing. The book is in Hebrew.