Desserts
ChefRania Salloum
Plain Ghraybeh and Date-Stuffed Ghraybeh Recipe
Ghraybeh is a light dessert, even though it contains ghee. Its soft texture makes it especially popular. It is made with just three ingredients and can be prepared plain or filled with different fillings such as dates or pistachios.
Ingredients
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- 1 cup ghee, at room temperature
- 1 cup fine sugar
- 2 cups sifted flour
- Ground dates
- Whole pistachios
- Ground pistachios
- Try from Rania The Guaranteed Way to Make Crispy Awameh
- Also from Arab cuisine, here is a beloved dessert recipe Maakaroun, or Zainab’s Fingers
Method
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- Using an electric mixer, whisk the sugar and ghee together until you get a smooth, creamy texture
- Add the flour and knead by hand until the dough comes together, while remaining soft (add the flour gradually as needed)
- Place the dough in the refrigerator for 2 hoursTimers: 120 min
- After the time has passed, remove it from the refrigerator and begin shaping it
- To make it plain, take a small amount of dough, shape it into a rope, and join the ends together. You can also roll the dough into small balls, make an opening in each ball, fill it with ground dates, seal it, and shape it as desired
- Decorate the plain ghraybeh with a pistachio, and decorate the filled ghraybeh with ground pistachios
- Preheat the oven to 150°C and arrange the ghraybeh on a baking tray
- Bake in the middle rack of the oven for only 10 minutesTimers: 10 min
- Let the ghraybeh cool completely before removing it from the trays so the cookies do not crumble, then serve
Recipe tags
DessertsInternationalVegetarianEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- The Guaranteed Way to Make Crispy Awameh
- Easy Cheese Halawet El Jibn Recipe
- Maakaroun, or Zainab’s Fingers
