Moldovan Alivanca

Ingredients:

– 1 liter of yogurt,

– 250 grams of cornmeal,

– 1 teaspoon of salt,

– vanilla essence,

– 250 grams of sugar,

– 100 ml of oil,

– 5 eggs,

– 200 grams of white flour.

Preparation:

Beat the egg yolks with a little salt and refrigerate them overnight. The next day, sift the flour, soften the yeast with milk, and add the ingredients one by one while allowing the dough to rise. There is a superstition that sweet bread is like a person and should not be rushed or stressed; everything should rise at its own pace. The oven should be preheated but not too hot. The sweet breads should be placed carefully in the oven, and the cook crosses herself. When they are removed from the oven, they are placed on their side to rest. In Moldovan sweet bread, love, traditions, and superstitions give flavor, along with the ingredients.