Island of sifnos honey bread Recipe

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Island of sifnos honey bread

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Ingredients:

2 1/2	lbs	Ricotta cheese, unsalted
		-OR- unsalted Mizithra
2	tbsp	Butter
1	pinch	Salt
1	tsp	Baking powder
10		Eggs
3	cup	Honey (try Sifnos honey)
1	cup	Sugar
4	tsp	Ground cinnamon
3	cup	Flour

Procedures:

1	Mix the flour with necessary warm water to make dough like bread.
2	Add the butter, salt, and baking powder.
3	Knead and put aside.
4	Place in a bowl the ricotta cheese and the sugar and mix by hand.
5	Add the honey and a handful of flour.
6	Break and add the eggs and half the cinnamon, and mix well.
7	Butter a pan and with a rolling pin roll out the dough to the size of round pan letting the dough over the edges.
8	Spread the mixture over the dough and bake in 350 degree preheated oven for about 30 minutes.
9	When ready sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon.
10	Plan the amount of dough so the whole bread will be about 2 inches in height.
11	Cut in diamond sections.