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Flaounes @ The Cypriot Easter Bread

Flaounces  is also called as  flaounca  which is a special  Easter and Ramadhan food  eaten during those special day in  Cyprus , an Island which located at Eastern Mediterranean Sea (off the coasts of Syria and Turkey).  Cyprus  is the third largest and most popular island in the Mediterranean. For me, its a brand new discovery and still google around searching the famous eatery around that island.  Not much luck though ! Anyway, this little  flaounca  is all ready for the trial. Ingredients for  dough  : 500gm  all purpose flour 1 TB  yeast 1 TB  sugar 60gm  butter, melted 150ml  water 90ml  milk 1 tspn  salt Method : (1) combine flour, yeast, sugar and salt into a big mixing bowl then stir in water, milk & melted butter till soft dough is formed. (2) knead till smooth then set aside to rest for an hour or till double in size. (3) now, punch dough to release ai...