Turkish Simit Rings make for a wonderful breakfast option. Each twsited circular bread is dipped in a sweet water and then encrusted with sesame or other various seeds before baking.
Put the flour in a large bowl and make a hole in the middle. Into this hole pour the next 8 ingredients. Stirring from the outside into the middle gradually mix all the liquids into the flour until it forms into a dough.
Divide into 24 equal pieces. Dissolve the molasses in 1 cup water in a bowl. Put the sesame and poppy seeds in other bowls and set it next to the molasses water.
Roll each ball into a 12 inch long rope. Take two ropes, hold down one end of the ropes and twist them together like a spiral. Then form this twisted rope into ring, pressing and rolling the overlapping ends together on the work surface to seal.
Dip each ring in molasses water first, place on a baking sheet and sprinkle heavily with sesame or poppy seeds.
Bake for 30-40 minutes in a 350 F oven for approx.