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Easy Petit Four Recipe
Petit four is one of the most requested types of cookies. Though originally a French recipe, it has found its way into every home cook’s kitchen for making easy, light desserts at home. Try this successful method.
Apricot Jam
Apricot jam is one of the tastiest kinds of jam, especially with butter! Here is the method for the best apricot jam, a successful homemade recipe with a pleasantly moderate sweetness.
Fried Halloumi Cheese
Pan-fried halloumi in butter or olive oil — one of the tastiest things to serve for breakfast or dinner with a cup of tea. Serve with fresh mint — irresistible.
How to Make Maghli or Karawiya
Maghli is a delicious dessert made from sugar, finely ground rice, and spices. It requires frequent stirring during preparation, but you can lower the heat and stir occasionally to make it easier. Serve with nuts.
Walnut and Date Maamoul
Walnut and date maamoul — a tried-and-true homemade recipe. Maamoul is the number-one sweet for Eid. You can dust powdered sugar over the walnut maamoul after it cools.
Easy Crispy Treats
Quick, crunchy fried treats — a simple dough flavoured as you like (cinnamon or cocoa). After frying, dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with chocolate syrup and serve.
Warad Al-Sham Dessert
Warad Al-Sham is one of the most delicious Levantine sweets. Crisp, irresistible layers of baklava dough filled with strained cream. Serve it with sugar syrup and enjoy its wonderful flavor.
Easy Pate Sablee Dough for Petit Fours
A wonderful, tender, and crumbly dough for petit fours, sablee, or cookies! You can choose the name, but one thing is certain: the result will make you prepare this dough for every occasion.
How to Make Zainab's Fingers or Maamoul Cookies
A wonderful recipe for making Zainab's Fingers, or maamoul, fried and coated in syrup. Try this maamoul recipe and you're sure to love it.
How to Make Oat Pudding
A healthy, very quick recipe for making pudding with oats. This recipe is suitable for kids as a low-sugar dessert.
Maamoul
Nothing beats maamoul, especially when it is made in your own kitchen with a carefully balanced amount of ghee and sugar. This recipe is worth trying, whether for holidays and special occasions or to enjoy with a cup of coffee after a long day at work!
How to Make Mabsoos (Oil Cakes)
Mabsoos are oil-based cakes made without milk, eggs, or sugar. They have a bold, distinctive flavor thanks to fennel, anise, sesame and nigella seeds — delicious with tea!
Diet Nut Cake
Diet nut cake — light, easy and delicious. Using a small amount of brown sugar and whole wheat flour lowers the calories and makes the cake healthier.
Zalabia (Fried Dough) Recipe
Zalabia — one of the tastiest and easiest pastries to make. Serve at breakfast with labneh or as a sweet with sugar or syrup. This version is flavored with anise.
Oatmeal Chocolate Bars
Tasty, wholesome oatmeal and chocolate bars. A tested, healthy recipe — you can swap nuts or butter according to what you have on hand.
Sammoun Bread
Soft, delicious sammoun bread that will fill your home with its wonderful aroma, made with a tried-and-tested homemade recipe. It is perfect for breakfast, delicious with jam, labneh, butter, and mortadella. Try it.
Nutella Cheesecake
An easy Nutella cheesecake with just two layers and no biscuits. You can also add a biscuit-and-butter base if you like. A dessert with an ice-cream-like texture that melts in the mouth.
Qamar al-Din Mahallabia (also called Balawza)
Qamar al-Din mahallabia, also called balawza — a light, easy dessert. You can adjust the sugar to your taste.