Sajoostoo (Flat Thin-Layered Bread)

Ingredients

• •3 eggs
• •3 teaspoons sour cream
• •2 teaspoons salt
• •9½ cups flour
• •½ tablespoons butter
• •¼ cup shortening
• •1 teaspoon baking powder
• •1 can evaporated milk, plus warm water to equal 2 cups of liquid
• •1 yeast dissolved in 1 cup of warm water

Directions

1. 1Melt shortening and butter and set aside. Break eggs into a large bowl. Add baking powder, sour cream, and salt. Beat well. Add combined milk and yeast mixture. Add 4 tablespoons of melted shortening mixture. Add flour a little at a time kneading for about 10 minutes until easy to handle. Divide into 14 smooth balls and place on a dish towel. Cover and let rise in a warm place for ½ hour.
2. 2Roll each ball into a rectangular shape approximately 12 inches by 8 inches long. Brush with melted butter mixture. Fold lengthwise into thirds. Stretch the dough by pulling lengthwise and folding it into fourths.
3. 3Heat the electric griddle or electric frying pan to the highest temperature. Roll dough into thick rectangular shapes and cook until golden brown. Adjust heat as necessary, turning and brushing the sajoostoo with butter mixture. Make sure not to use any of the salted part of the butter mixture that has settled on the bottom of the pan.