Roscos de Semana Santa

Roscos de Semana Santa (Easter donuts) is a recipe typical of Andalusia during Holy Week.
Method
In a large bowl, add the flour, sugar, salt, matalauva, ground clove, yeast and combine.
Add the lemon extract, olive oil, eggs, milk and anisette, mix until getting a soft dough.
Cover the dough and let it stand 2 hours to rise.
Divide the dough in balls around 3 cm diameter. Make a whole in the center with your finger for getting the donut shape.
Place them slightly apart on a lined baking tray.
Brush with the eggwash and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake in a previously pre-heated oven at 180°C 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Ingredients
- •Sugar, 150 gr
- •Lemon extract, 1/2 tsp
- •Milk (lukewarm), 100 ml
- •Olive oil, 75 ml
- •Eggs, 2
- •Flour, 550 gr
- •Instant yeast, 2 envelopes
- •Anisette, 50 ml
- •Salt, a pinch of
- •Matalauva (Aniseed), 1 tsp
- •Ground clove, 1/4 tsp
- •Egg yolk (beaten with one tbs milk), (eggwash),1
- •Sugar (to sprinkle)
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