Krachel Recipe

• 4½ cups Flour
• ½ cup Sugar
• Salt to taste
• 2 tsp Anise Seeds
• 2 Eggs (lightly beaten)
• ¾ cup Warm Milk
• 1 tbsp Yeast
• ½ cup Melted Butter
• 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
• 2 tbsp Orange Flower Water
• Egg wash made from 1 egg beaten with 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp Unhulled Golden Sesame Seeds

• Preheat the oven at 450°F.
• Melt the yeast in little warm milk.
• Take flour with sugar, salt, anise seeds in a bowl and mix it.
• Put in butter, oil, orange flower water, yeast, remaining milk and mix it well into soft & sticky dough.
• Place the dough in an oiled bowl turning it at least once to smear the dough with oil. Keep it covered with towel for 1-1 ½ hrs.
• Shape the dough into 12-15 balls and transfer them to greased baking sheet keeping 2 inch gap between them. Press the balls lightly and keep it covered for another 1 hr.
• Smear the tops and sides with the egg wash.
• Pour over sesame seeds and bake it for 20 min or until it is dark golden brown.