Mouna from The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking by Marlena Spieler

Ingredients

• 45 ml/3 tbsp lukewarm water
• 7 g packet easy-blend (rapid-rise) dried yeast
• 4 eggs
• 105 ml/7 tbsp lukewarm milk
• grated rind of 1 orange
• 130 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup butter
• 90–120 ml/6–8 tbsp jam
• oil, for greasing
• icing (confectioners’) sugar, for dusting (optional)
• 15 ml/1 tbsp cold water
• 130 g/4½ oz/scant ⅔ cup sugar
• 500 g/1¼ lb/4½ cups unbleached plain (all-purpose) flour