Recipe for Somali Sweet Bread (Kac Kac)

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides natural sweetness with fewer calories.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories and suitable for lactose intolerance.

eggs

🥗Healthier: flaxseed meal

💰Cheaper: applesauce

Flaxseed meal serves as a binding agent and is vegan.

vanilla extract

🥗Healthier: vanilla bean

💰Cheaper: vanilla essence

Vanilla bean enhances flavor without artificial additives.

Add flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, melted butter, warm milk, and one egg into a bowl.

Mix the ingredients until blended together.

Lightly wet your hands and touch the dough to keep it soft while it rises.

Cover the dough with a wet towel and let it sit for about 30 minutes.

Lightly flour the counter and roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thick.

Cut the edges off to make it even and save the scraps.

Cut the dough into squares or diamonds as preferred.

Roll the scraps back into a ball, flour lightly, and repeat the rolling and cutting process.

Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat.

Test the oil by dropping a small piece of dough into it; if it floats, the oil is ready.

Drop a few pieces of dough into the hot oil and cook until brown on one side, then flip to brown the other side.

Once browned, drain the Kac Kac on a paper towel to soak up excess oil.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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