Sushki

Sushki (Сушки) is a traditional Russian type of tea bread. They are small, crunchy bread rings which can for instance be eaten as dessert. Similar breads like sushki are bagel, bublik and baranki.

A recipe for Sushki

:2 cups of flour:1 egg:1/2 cup of water:salt to taste:sugar

Combine the flour, the egg, the water and the salt into a firm dough, and lay to rest under a napkin for about 30 minutes. Cut the dough into the small pieces, roll them out into strings of thickness of 0.5-0.7 cm. Then cut them into small rods, and make rings by putting the ends together. Cook the sushki in boiling sweetened water (1 l of water - 1.5-2 tbsp. of sugar) during 1-2 minutes. Remove the sushki from the water and bake them in a pre-heated oven until golden brown. [ [http://www.cooking-book.ru/recepts/bake/bublik/11898.shtml Bublik and Sushki recipes (in Russian)] ]

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