What is the Bulgarian Recipe for Kozunak?
A60: Kozunak (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 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.
