Ma's chorag

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Bread
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MA'S CHORAG MY MOMS

5 1/4 lb. flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp salt
1/2 cup sugar

Melt together:
1 lb butter
1/4 lb Spry

Warm together:
1 qt. milk
1 large can milk

Crack & beat 8 eggs
1 yeast cake
(add a little water to make it watery)

Let dough rise (4 hrs.). Make 4 big balls of dough, then open each ball out with rolling pin to 3/4 inch height. Then slice in diamond or braided form. Place in ungreased pan & let it stay for about 10 min.

Then beat 4 eggs with 1/2 can of small milk together & rub mixture on each piece of chorag with a sprinkle of sesame seeds. Bake 400° oven. When it cooks top & bottom should be brown.