Syrian cookies

One cookie that conjures up sweet memories of my childhood would have to be the Arabic cookie called Ka’ak be Yansoon, or Anise Sesame Cookies.

Ghraybeh or Ghroyeba, a Middle Eastern butter cookies that melt in your mouth. With three ingredients and simple steps, you can make this deight!

Ghraybeh! Delicious and delicate Middle Eastern cookies that melt in your mouth. Made from butter or ghee, flour, powdered sugar, and pistachios.

Maamoul are a delightful Middle Eastern cookies with a unique texture and sweet filling. Buttery cookies that are raditionally filled with dates, nuts or a combination. Let me show you how to make authentic maamoul cookies with different fillings.

Ka'ak b'sukar are Syrian sugar cookies with a hint of orange. They are not overly sweet like the American counterpart, but have a delicate flavor that makes them perfect for an afternoon snack with tea.

I remember sitting at the kitchen table rolling out bits of dough into short ropes and pinching the ends together to make a circle before my mom dipped it in egg wash and showered it with sesame seeds. It was a Yom Kippur tradition to break the fast with a tray of these savory cookies that only late

Barazek are delicious cookies with perfect buttery crunchy texture. Coated with sesame seed mixture on one side and pistachios on the other!”

Ghraybeh, Ghoraybeh and also Ghorayeba are Lebanese shortbread cookies that is very popular throughout the Middle East. These 3-ingredient cookies are not

Maamoul Cookies made with semolina. Arabian cookies that are soft and buttery, filled with dates and pistachios and baked for short time.