Step-by-Step Guide to Make Ultimate Kahk (Egyptian Dessert)

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, kahk (egyptian dessert). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Egyptian family used to gather at the end of Ramadan holly month to make kahk.also kahk is made at egyptian christian celebrations &egyptian weddings. Egypt is famous for its sweets and desserts since ancient times. Egyptian Eid Cookies or Kahk pronounced Ka-hk is a special dessert that is associated with happy occasions in the Egyptian traditions. These mouth watering cookies appear on the Egyptian Muslims'.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have kahk (egyptian dessert) using 10 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Kahk (Egyptian Dessert):

1. Make ready Cake flour
2. Make ready Ghee
3. Prepare White toasted sesame seeds
4. Take Your favorite spices, such as cinnamon, clove, or cardamom
5. Get Granulated sugar
6. Take Dry yeast
7. Get Date (or raisins)
8. Make ready Ghee
9. Get White toasted sesame seeds
10. Make ready Powdered sugar

Kahk is a traditional biscuit served in Egypt during Eid al-Fitr. They are soft and lightly spiced, with traditional This recipe will make kahk that melts in your mouth, and with three different fillings, you. Many desserts here are a mixture of diverse cultures coming together, while some are purely Egyptian. Kahk Cookies are eaten in Egypt for the end of Ramadan holiday called Eid'l Fitr.

Steps to make Kahk (Egyptian Dessert):

1. Melt the ghee in a sauce pan. Sift together the cake flour, spices, and granulated sugar.
2. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl, and place the roasted white sesame seeds in the middle. Once the ghee is hot, gradually pour it over the sesame seeds.
3. With a rubber spatula, mix the dough without kneading. Adjust the amount of ghee to achieve the right firmness, taking care not to make it too soft.
4. Once the dough is no longer floury and is cool enough to hold in your hands, add the activated yeast as instructed on the package, and knead it into the dough.
5. Knead the dough by hand and bring it together. Let it rise for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
6. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Blend the dates (or raisins) in a food processor. Add the cinnamon and the sesame seeds.
7. Add the melted ghee and bring it together. Roll the filling into a rope, tear off small amounts, then roll them into balls about 2 cm in diameter.
8. Make the dough from Step 5 into a thick rope, tear off dough pieces, shape them into 5 cm ellipses, then spread them flat with your hands.
9. Place the filling from Step 7 onto the center of the dough, wrap it and roll it out into balls. Gently press on the top of the dough to flatten slightly.
10. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, arrange the dough in rows, then make a pattern on them by pressing down on top with the back of a fork.
11. Bake them in the oven for 25 minutes at 200℃, and when they are done, let them cool. (Freshly baked kahks easily fall apart as the ghee takes time to set.)
12. Once they are cool, coat them with a generous amount of powdered sugar.

Many desserts here are a mixture of diverse cultures coming together, while some are purely Egyptian. Kahk Cookies are eaten in Egypt for the end of Ramadan holiday called Eid'l Fitr. They're also eaten for Easter and Christmas in Egypt and are sometimes given to newlyweds the day after the wedding. And no Egyptian feast is complete without Kahk. Melt butter and mix with vegetable oil in a bowl.

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