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Palestinian Sesame Tea cookies is a very simple and quick recipe that combines flour, fennel, ghee, delicious sesame seeds and topped with simple syrup or honey. One cookie won't be enough!

Palestinian Sesame Tea Cookies

Fatimah
The best Palestinian Sesame Tea cookies, delicious, easy, simple and fast to prepare. Crunchy on the outside and airy inside!
5 from 4 Ratings
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Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Palestinian

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ cup ghee softened, not melted
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon bakers ammonia or ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground anise
  • 1 teaspoon fennel
  • dash table salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup water
  • 1-2 cups toasted sesame seeds
  • 1 tablespoon simple syrup or honey

Instructions
 

  • Sift the flour, baking powder, fennel, anise, salt, and bakers ammonia together.
  • Add the softened ghee and oil together and mix well until crumbly.
  • Add the powdered sugar, water, and vanilla into a bowl and mix well until powdered sugar is dissolved.
  • Add the mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well until dough forms.
  • Cover and let it rest for 20 minutes.
  • Once done, cut into 15 pieces and shape.
  • Mix the toasted sesame seeds with syrup or honey together.
  • Dip the cookies in the mixture as much or as little as you like.
  • Place the cookies on a lined baking sheet and bake at 350℉ for 20 to 24 minutes, or until the bottom is golden.
  • Let them rest for 10 minutes before touching.

Notes

  • subbing baking soda for bakers ammonia can have some textural changes
Keyword Palestinian Sesame Tea Cookies
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