Barazék
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Dessert
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: Syrian / Middle Eastern
- 115 gr. / 4 oz. butter, room temperature
- 70 gr. / 2.5 oz. caster sugar
- 200 gr. / 7 oz. (+1 tbsp) all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 ½ tbsp. dry milk
- 40 gr. / 1.5 oz. milk
- 100 gr. / 3.5 oz. roasted sesame
- 100 to 120 gr. / 3.5 to 4 oz. pistachios, roughly chopped
- About ¼ cup honey
- Preheat oven to 175°C / 350°F.
- In your stand mixer add the butter and the sugar and mix in medium speed for one minute.
- In another bowl mix the flour, baking powder and dry milk.
- Throw the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and whisk with your mixer in medium speed.
- Add the milk and continue to mix.
- The dough must be soft and come off from the sides of the mixer bowl.
- If not, you may need the extra 1 tbsp of flour.
- It all depends on the weather conditions the moment you make them.
- Mix for a minute or two and then remove the dough from the bowl.
- Flour your bench and with a pining wheel roll your dough 0.5 cm / ¼″ thick.
- With a cookie cutter cut rounds of 7 cm / 3 in. each.
- Place roasted sesame in a plate.
- Place parchment paper on cookie trays.
- Add small piles of the pistachios about ½ tsp each, leaving about 7 cm / 3 in. distance among them.
- Take one cookie disk in your hand.
- Brush it with honey.
- Put it in the sesame plate with its honeyed side.
- Remove and place them on top of the pistachio pile with the side that is clean.
- Press gently so as the pistachios to be incorporated in the dough.
- Follow the exact same procedure for all the dough.
- Place in the oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until the sides of the cookies start taking and nice golden color.
- Remove, let them cool down and serve.
Recipe adapted from several sources from the net
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/barazek/
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