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Successful Tart Dough
A successful tart dough made with a wonderful homemade recipe that is guaranteed to work! Now you have the tart dough recipe, and you can choose the filling and decoration as you like!
Eggless, Butter-Free Tart Dough
Eggless, butter-free tart dough: a tried-and-true dessert recipe that always turns out well. Give it a try and fill it with whatever filling you like.
Layered Samosa Dough
You can make layered dough at home too. With 3 cups of flour, you can make a generous amount—definitely more economical than ready-made!
How to Make Rose Syrup
Rose syrup is a very refreshing cold drink with a concentrated, intense flavor. Serve it over ice for extra refreshment — a delightful treat for your guests.
Vegetable Curry Rice with Meatballs
Vegetable curry rice with meatballs in a creamy sauce — a rich South Asian–inspired dish seasoned with curry, biryani spices and masala. Highly flavorful and satisfying.
Spinach Pies Dough and Mini Pizza
A reliable homemade dough recipe for pies! Use it for spinach pies, other savory pies, or even pizza. The recipe also includes a new spinach filling method.
How to Make Fried Madloula
The fried Madloula dough is a very delicious, easy dessert, and you can control its sweetness by the amount of syrup you add.
Homemade Qatayef Recipe
Qatayef made with a detailed homemade recipe from A to Z — from the dough to the walnut and ashta fillings, plus the sugar syrup! Enjoy.
Spinach Borek in a Baking Dish
Spinach borek in a baking dish is a wonderful way to serve spinach pastries neatly and beautifully. The thin homemade dough makes this recipe extra crispy and delicious.
Egg-Free Turkish Cookies
Egg-free Turkish cookies—crisp, crunchy, and reliably perfect every time. The dough is ultra-easy to handle, and shaping is quick.
Successful Samosa Dough Recipe
Wonderful samosa dough, step by step. This dough is suitable for frying and can be filled with meat, cheese, chicken, vegetables, or whatever you like!
How to Make Monkey Cake
Monkey cake! Balls of dough filled with chocolate or cheese, coated in sugar and cinnamon, then drizzled with a brown sugar butter sauce. Baked in a cake pan in the oven like a traditional cake.
Cheese Sambousek
Cheese sambousek — a crisp, delicious pastry dough made from flour and cornstarch with butter. Filled with a mix of cheeses and parsley; you can also fill with meat.
Shaibiyat Dessert
Shaibiyat with a detailed homemade recipe from start to finish — from making the dough to the cream and the light syrup. Shaibiyat is one of the most delicious Arabic sweets and is especially enjoyable when homemade.
Maamoul with Marzipan (Marseban) Filling
This Maamoul filled with marseban (almond/pistachio paste) combines a traditional maamoul dough with a French-style marseban filling. Try this wonderful recipe—you’ll love it.
Harissa Coconut Cake (Basbousa)
Harissa is a classic Arabic semolina cake made with coconut. Loved by adults and kids alike, it’s soaked in syrup for extra sweetness and richness.
Mahalabia and Strawberry Cake
A wonderful and easy recipe for making a mahalabia cake with strawberries. Try it today, and you'll love it for the way it brings together the softness of refreshing mahalabia and the delight of crisp biscuits.
Layered Maamoul with Cream (Maamoul Mad bil Qashta)
Layered maamoul filled with cream — one of the most requested Arabic desserts. You can use other fillings as well; the dough is the same for all versions of maamoul mad.

















