Turkish Cookies

Ingredients

• 5 cups flour (all-purpose)
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 20 grams yeast
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• For the glaze:
• 1 egg white
• 3 tablespoons carob molasses or berry molasses
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups toasted sesame seeds
• In a bowl, mix the egg white, carob/molasses and 1/3 cup water well... dip the cookie in the molasses then in the sesame and place them on a baking sheet; let the dough rest another half hour as well, preheat the oven well and bake the koek
• Many thanks for this wonderful recipe to a friend from the 'Sho Tabkhin El-Youm' group:
• Hana Mussa

Method

1. Place the warm milk and water with the yeast and stir well so the yeast dissolves...
2. Add the oil, vinegar, sugar and salt and stir, then add half of the flour and continue mixing well...
3. Add the remaining flour and knead for ten minutes until the flour is completely incorporated...
4. Brush the dough with oil and let it rest for half an hour...
5. After the required time, shape the dough into balls then into a long rope, fold it over itself and seal it to form the cookie shape.