Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, kahk (egyptian dessert). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Kahk is a middle eastern dessert that originated in Egypt as far back as the time of the Pharoahs. There are tombs engraved with depictions of women making Kahk. They are baked in a round shape to mimick the shape of the sun.

Kahk (Egyptian Dessert) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Kahk (Egyptian Dessert) is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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

The ingredients needed to make Kahk (Egyptian Dessert):

1. Take 360 grams Cake flour
2. Make ready 180 grams Ghee
3. Get 30 grams White toasted sesame seeds
4. Make ready 1 Your favorite spices, such as cinnamon, clove, or cardamom
5. Take 2 tbsp Granulated sugar
6. Get 10 grams Dry yeast
7. Prepare 100 grams Date (or raisins)
8. Take 1/2 tbsp Ghee
9. Take 1 tbsp White toasted sesame seeds
10. Make ready 1 Powdered sugar

Things have gone downhill ever since and we've been getting nuts and gooey honey filling instead of gold coins, but whatever…they're still great! Kahk, also extends into other Middle Eastern countries. The word 'kahk' means cookie or biscuit in arabic and can be found in the Levant as the same type of cookie but often made with semolina flour. In other countries, such as Iraq, kahk is a doughnut style hard biscuit that is covered with sesame seeds and eaten as is or with tea.

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.

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