Lebanese Easter Cookies

Name: Lebanese Easter Cookies
Prep time: 10 h 10 min
Cook time: 10 h 10 min
Total time: 10 h 10 min
Yield: 60
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons allspice; 59 milliliters black sesame seeds; 680 grams butter; 2 liters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground cardamom; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 59 milliliters orange flower water; 59 milliliters rose water; 2 liters semolina flour; 237 milliliters water; 237 milliliters warm water; 946 milliliters white sugar; 2 Tbsps quick rise yeast; 1 teaspoon ground mahleb

The recipe Lebanese Easter Cookies is ready in about 10 hours and 10 minutes and is definitely a spectacular vegetarian option for lovers of middl eastern food. This recipe serves 60. One portion of this dish contains around 5g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 289 calories. It works well as a dessert. Easter will be even more special with this recipe. Head to the store and pick up allspice, rise yeast, ground mahleb, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a small saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Stir in sugar and water; continue stirring to dissolve sugar. Do not boil.

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Butter

Sugar

Water

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Remove from heat and let cool slightly.

Measure flours into a large bowl.

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Bowl

Add melted butter, yeast, spices, and sesame seeds; stir slowly for about 10 minutes to thoroughly blend ingredients. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave dough in bowl to rest for 1 hour.

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Sesame Seeds

Butter

Spices

Dough

Yeast

Wrap

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Prepare 3 baking sheets with cooking spray or parchment paper. In a small bowl, pour the rose water and orange flower water.

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Orange Flower Water

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Rose Water

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Pour the warm water in to a second small bowl. Working on a floured board, pull off about 1 cup of dough. Dip your fingers first in the warm water and knead the dough a few minutes; then dip the dough in the flower water and knead it again until the dough is soft and pliable.

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Dip