Kozunak
Bulgarian Recipe – KozunakKozunak - is traditional bulgarian dessert.
This Bulgarian recipe - Kozunak is intended to serve six persons
Ingredients for preparing a Kozunak:
. 1 kg plain flour
. 1 cup milk
. 1 Ѕ cups sugar
. 6+ eggs
. 200gms oil/melted butter
. Yeast for 25c
. Grated lemon skin
. Few drops lemon juice
. Vanilla essence
Kozunak Cooking Directions:
Dissolve sugar in warm milk. Mix yeast with 1/3 cup of warm water, Ѕ of sugar milk solution, 1 cup of flour and leave in warm place for 30-40 minutes to rise. Place flour in a big bowl, make well and add yeast mixture, well beaten 6 eggs, sugar-milk solution, lemon skin and drops, vanilla, stirring with spoon until it becomes soft dough. Knead well with oiled hands until oil/butter finishes and bubbles appear in texture of dough.
Leave the Kozunak for 1-2 hours in a warm place. Then put in oiled trays with different size and shape (round, rectangular, heart shaped) and put on the top 35 coloured boiled eggs. Bake in preheated oven 2000 C for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown. The Kozunak is ready!
Dissolve sugar in warm milk. Mix yeast with 1/3 cup of warm water, Ѕ of sugar milk solution, 1 cup of flour and leave in warm place for 30-40 minutes to rise. Place flour in a big bowl, make well and add yeast mixture, well beaten 6 eggs, sugar-milk solution, lemon skin and drops, vanilla, stirring with spoon until it becomes soft dough. Knead well with oiled hands until oil/butter finishes and bubbles appear in texture of dough.
Leave the Kozunak for 1-2 hours in a warm place. Then put in oiled trays with different size and shape (round, rectangular, heart shaped) and put on the top 35 coloured boiled eggs. Bake in preheated oven 2000 C for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown. The Kozunak is ready!
