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The saffron blooms in the water
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A few simple ingredients
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Within seconds it's infusing
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By the time the dry ingredients are
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This dough is easy enough to stir together by hand
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It still looks dry and crumbly
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But a squeeze reveals that the semolina grains have taken up the water
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So it's out onto the counter with all of it for kneading
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Knead until it's supple
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Grease up the bowl with some yellow butter
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The kneaded dough now has a nice skin
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Into the buttered bowl
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I let mine rise in the microwave
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It's doubled
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Turn the dough out and divide in two
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A shaped loaf
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Both of them sitting on parchment paper on the back of a cookie sheet
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This time it rises in a cold oven
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Black sesame seeds on the risen loaves
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A loaf from the oven
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The sunny yellow crumb