Cesnica

Ingredients

 * 1 kg flour
 * 20 gr yeast
 * 1 cup olive oil
 * salt
 * Opt. For sweetness 1 pkg Vanilla Sugar (Dr. Oetker brand as example)

Directions

 * 1) Sift 1 kg of flour in a dish. Add 20 gr of yeast, one cup of oil, a bit of salt and knead it with warm water until the dough starts to separate from your hands. Dough should not be too soft, or too hard.
 * 2) Spread oil on baking pan and place the dough on it and leave it 10 minutes in a warm place.


 * 1) Perforate the dough with a fork to avoid having empty spaces under the crust.
 * 2) Christmas bread is usually decorated with bits of dough shaped like birds or braids.


 * 1) Put the baking pan in the oven heated well.
 * 2) When the crust is baked, cover it with a sheet of paper that will permit the bread to bake well.
 * 3) Serve it warm.