Dissolve the sugar in lukewarm water, add the dry yeast and leave to stand for approx. 10 minutes.
Then knead a dough with all the dough ingredients. You should knead the dough for a good 20 minutes.
Place the dough in a large bowl, cover and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 90 minutes.
Za'atar mass
Peel and finely dice the onion.
Mix the zatar, onions, salt and olive oil to a paste.
Za'atar snails
Preheat the oven to 225 °C convection oven.
Dust the work surface with a little flour and place the dough on it.
Divide the dough into quarters and knead again carefully, adding a little flour if necessary, and set aside.
Roll out the four pieces of dough one after the other into thin squares and spread the zatar mixture on top. It is important to leave an approx. 3 cm wide border.
Roll up the dough surface into a roll and carefully cut off approx. 3 cm wide slices with a sharp knife.
Lay out the slices with the cut surface on a baking tray lined with baking paper (caution: leave enough space between the slices).
Bake the za'atar buns in a hot oven for approx. 12 minutes.
Notes
You can serve the za'atar snails warm or cold.Recipe contains affiliate links.