Siapo Dough - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 c. flour
2 pkg. yeast
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 1/4 c. milk
1/2 c. oil

Preparation

Mix yeast in 1/2 cup warm water.
Combine flour, sugar, warm milk and oil.
Add yeast mixture to flour mixture.
Knead dough just as for bread.
Let dough rise in bowl, covered with a cloth for 1 hour.
Dough should double in size.
Knead dough again to get rid of air bubbles.
Shape into long rolls, resembling a sausage.
Cut into slices; roll them flat.
Put a spoonful of filling on dough and fold up edges to enclose filling.
Pinch dough together.
Form a ball.
Cut small circles from waxed paper, approximately 2-inches round, just large enough for rolls to sit on.
Place waxed paper and rolls on a rack inside a steamer. Steam for 15 to 20 minutes.
Makes about 20 Siapo.