Ka'k with Mahlab

Ingredients

• 1 kilo pastry flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup yogurt
• 1 tablespoon mahlab
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• This ka'ak with mahlab recipe is from a friend and cook of the Sho Tabkheen Al-Youm group:
• Fatima Abdullah
• Click Fatima's name to visit her page on our site and see all her delicious recipes
• To make Fatima's hareesa dessert, here is the link: How to make hareesa dessert
• To make Fatima Abdullah's namoura, click this link: Easy namoura method
• To make Fatima's petit fours, click this link: Easy petit fours method

Method

1. Put 1 cup melted butter in a bowl and pour the oil over it.
2. Add the sugar and ½ cup yogurt with 1 tablespoon mahlab, plus the vanilla and baking powder.
3. Add the flour to the butter and sugar mixture and mix until the ingredients combine and the dough comes together.
4. Let the mahlab ka'ak dough rest for about one hour.
5. After the required time has passed, begin shaping the dough into ka'ak rings and brush the top of each ka'ak lightly with egg.
6. Arrange the mahlab ka'ak on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
7. Place the ka'ak tray in a preheated oven at 170°C for about 12 minutes or until the ka'ak are cooked.
8. Do not leave the mahlab ka'ak in the oven too long so they do not become hard.