How to Make Barazek Dessert

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• Half a cup fine semolina
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup ghee
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 small teaspoon mahlepi
• 1 small teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 3/4 cup cold water
• 2 cups toasted sesame seeds
• 1/4 cup syrup
• 1/4 cup water for the sesame mixture
• Pistachios (optional)

Method

1. Whisk the oil, ghee at room temperature, and sugar together...
2. Add the flour, semolina, mahlepi, and baking powder. Dissolve the yeast in the cold water, then start adding the water and knead.
3. Cover the dough and leave it in the refrigerator for about two hours.
4. Add the syrup and 1/4 cup water to the sesame seeds, mix, and set aside in a bowl.
5. Spread the pistachios, crushed into small pieces without grinding, in a plate.
6. After two hours, shape the dough into small balls and press each ball with your hand so the cookies take the desired shape.
7. Coat or dip each piece in pistachios, then in the sesame mixture.
8. Bake them in the oven on parchment paper for a few minutes and brown them.
9. Let the barazek cool before serving.
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