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Delicious Custard Biscuits
Custard biscuits... couldn't be easier. Be creative and make these custard cookies to impress your guests and children. Enjoy them yourself with hot drinks.
Lemon and Honey Chicken
A distinctive lemon, orange and honey chicken recipe — a great way to vary your meat dishes. Worth trying for a new favorite.
How to Make Aish El Saraya Dessert
Aish El Saraya is one of the easiest Arabic desserts. This recipe is made with toasted bread soaked in syrup, topped with a cooked cream layer. Garnish as desired.
Easy Meshabek (Fried Sweet Ribbons)
Meshabek — a simple homemade sweet made from a fermented batter, deep-fried and soaked in syrup. Important steps: allow the batter to ferment well and stir before shaping and frying.
How to Make Fried Maqaroun Dessert
Maqaroun, also called Zainab's fingers, is one of the most delicious desserts soaked in syrup. Try baking the maqaroun in the oven instead of deep-frying it to reduce the calories.
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.
Palestinian Mtabbak with Walnuts
Palestinian mtabbak with walnuts and cinnamon, made with an easy homemade method and super delicious... Mtabbak is one of those rich desserts that are soaked in syrup!
Semolina and Coconut Harissa (Basbousa)
Semolina and coconut harissa, soaked with cold syrup—mmm, so delicious. These Arab desserts are very popular, easy to make, and perfect for entertaining :)
How to Make Ka'ak al-Abbas
A delicious, easy, tried-and-tested homemade recipe for Ka'ak al-Abbas. Can be left plain or filled with ground dates. Known by several names, including “Thursday Ka'ak”.
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.
Eggless Tiramisu
Eggless tiramisu — a simple, light version of tiramisu suitable for those who prefer not to use eggs. Layers of cream and Philadelphia-style cream cheese with coffee-soaked biscuits and cocoa on top.
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.
Lemon Blossom Marmalade
An easy way to make lemon blossom marmalade used in many recipes and as a beautiful, tasty garnish for some desserts. This isn’t the original recipe, of course, since it uses orange peel, but the result is very satisfying :)
Cream Cheese Kaak
Cream Cheese Kaak is one of the new kaak recipes on our site. We’ve already tried kaak or biscuits with orange, yogurt, and milk, and now it’s time for cheese! An irresistible texture and flavor!
Easy Namoura (Semolina Cake)
Easy namoura — one of the tastiest Arabic desserts. It’s important to let the batter rest as long as possible to ensure success. Garnish namoura with almonds or a touch of orange blossom water.
Date Maamoul with Flour and Butter
Date maamoul, or date cookies, is one of those tried-and-true homemade recipes that is wonderfully delicious. This version is made with flour.
Diamond Dessert (Almasiya)
Almasiya (Diamond Dessert): a traditional Arab treat that pairs milk pudding with orange milk pudding in a harmonious blend of flavors and colors.