Rooti Farmaajo (Honeycomb Cheese Bread)

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A pillowy and sweet, soft-cheese-stuffed bread that is a popular Ramadan staple in many Somali households. This dish translates from Somali simply as “cheese bread”

⅔ cup/160 milliliters warm whole milk, plus more for egg wash

2 teaspoons/6 grams active dry yeast

1 teaspoon plus 2 tablespoons cane sugar

2¼ cups/298 grams all-purpose flour, plus more if needed

¼ teaspoon fine sea salt

¼ teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon ground cardamom (optional)

2 large eggs, each cracked into a separate bowl and beaten

4 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon/62 grams melted salted butter

1 (5.4- or 6-ounce) package of The Laughing Cow Original spreadable cheese wedges, chilled

¼ cup/60 milliliters sweetened condensed milk, plus more to taste

¼ cup/20 grams unsweetened finely shredded coconut flakes

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