Christmas Bread (Christopsomo) – AΦRODITE's KITCHEN | A Cyprus Food Blog

Ingredients

• 1 kilo (8 cups loosely packed) bread flour
• 1 tbs salt
• 3/4 tsp ground anise
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin seeds
• a pinch of nutmeg
• 2 & 1/2 cups of warm water
• For the yeast: 25 grams fresh yeast (buy from a local bakery)
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/2 cup flour
• For the seed topping: 5 tbs sesame seeds
• 1 tsp anise seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp black cumin seeds (slightly spicier than regular cumin seeds)