Description

Egyptian cookies
Fragile shortbread with the awesome aroma of roses, with a rich, healthy and hearty stuffing of figs, nuts and honey, generously dusted with powdered sugar... My mom said that it's not a cookie - is the cake! Help yourself!

Ingredients

  • Flour

    750 ml

  • Water pink

    150 ml

  • Honey

    3 Tbsp

  • Hazelnuts

    150 ml

  • Peanuts

    1 handful

  • Cards

    250 g

  • Cinnamon

    0.5 tsp

  • Powdered sugar

  • Butter

    200 g

Cooking

step-0
Ingredients. I traipsed gender Hurghada in search of rose water, but found! And... I would not advise it to be replaced but, in a pinch, grate in the zest of lemon, about 1 tbsp and pour boiling water overnight and in the morning strain. The filling, on the other hand, can be any to Your taste. For example, if you do not like nuts, replace them with raisins, dried apricots, dried cranberries or cherries. Just be sure to use honey, not sugar, in the extreme case of a thick jam.
step-1
First is to cook the stuffing. Remove dates from the bone and tail and cut into small cubes. To chop the nuts to Your preference. I rolled the nuts in a dense package with a rolling pin, you can use the blender.
step-2
In a bowl put the chopped dates, chopped nuts, honey. Add the cinnamon.
step-3
Mix thoroughly. The stuffing is ready.
step-4
Dough. Sift the flour, make a well in the centre. Melt, without boiling of course, good butter and pour it into the flour.
step-5
Spoon! the oil is hot!, mix the flour with the oil. Then a little abenaim the dough with your hands and add gradually rose water. The aroma is stunning! Delicate and knead elastic dough. This is the most delicate dough I was kneading...
step-6
Further, Osipyan a piece of dough the size of a ping-pong table, and roll the ball.
step-7
Replusive palm the ball into a pancake and put a teaspoon with a slide of the filling.
step-8
Zasiyaet edge, collecting them as if in a knot.
step-9
Give the liver the shape of a ball and spread on a baking tray lined with baking paper pintucks down. I got 25 balls. Send a baking sheet in a preheated 190° oven for 35 minutes. Be guided by Your oven!
step-10
The biscuits are ready. It is slightly petromanas. Spread the cookies to wire racks and let cool completely. I have no grid and I put the cookies directly on the baking sheet on the granite countertop. And covered with a linen towel.
step-11
Sprinkle cooled cookies with powdered sugar classic TM Haas and enjoy! Bon appetit!
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