Recipe: Delicious Egyptian Eid cookies (Kahk)

Egyptian Eid cookies (Kahk).

You can have Egyptian Eid cookies (Kahk) using 15 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egyptian Eid cookies (Kahk)

1. Prepare 3 cups of flour.
2. Prepare 1 dash of salt.
3. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon.
4. Prepare 1 tablespoon of baked sesame (optional).
5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of yeast.
6. Prepare 1 tablespoon of sugar.
7. You need 1 cup of ghee (clarified butter).
8. Prepare 1/3 cup of warm water (or milk).
9. Prepare of For filling (my customized version);.
10. Prepare 3 tablespoons of local peanut butter (na kunun gyada).
11. Prepare 1 tablespoon of sugar (as required).
12. It's 3 tablespoons of crushed groundnuts.
13. Prepare 2 tablespoons of honey.
14. It's 3 tablespoons of shredded coconut.
15. You need 4 tablespoons of flour.

Egyptian Eid cookies (Kahk) step by step

1. Mix flour, salt, sugar, yeast and cinnamon in a bowl. Add in sesame if using..
2. Add in ghee, mix. Add water and mix until incorporated & consistent. Cover for an hour..
3. Make filling in the meantime..
4. Add ghee/butter on low heat, add flour. Cook until brownish..
5. Add honey and all the other ingredients..
6. Cook for a minute or 2. Put off heat and let it cool. It shouldn't be runny..
7. Divide into portions..
8. After an hour, divide dough into equal balls. (The cookies don't really rise so shape as you'd want to be.).
9. Make a dent, put filling in, roll and stamp using a fork (optional)..
10. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown..
11. Sieve icing sugar on them after cooling for ganish..
12. I served mine with ginger tea..
13. .
14. Enjoy!.