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Spinach Pies
Spinach pies with a delicious recipe! Pastries always brighten the table, especially when filled with a tasty spinach filling. They can be served for breakfast, lunch, or as a snack.
How Do We Make the Tastiest Manakish Dough?
The tastiest, easiest tried-and-tested dough for making manakish at home. You can prepare this perfect dough and choose the filling you like, whether zaatar, cheese, kishk, vegetables, or all of them for a varied and hearty breakfast.
Awama (Luqaimat) — Crisp Syrup-Dipped Dough Balls
A reliable homemade recipe for awama: small fried dough balls that are syrup-dipped. Frying in two stages gives them their signature crispness.
How to Make Lahm bi Ajeen
Lahm bi ajeen made with a successful, delicious recipe. The dough is to your taste and works for all kinds of manakish, and the topping is simply irresistible! Perfect for breakfast or lunch, lahm bi ajeen is always a great choice.
How to Make Pretzel Pastries
Pretzels can be savory with coarse salt or sweet with raisins — delicious either way. Get the recipe now.
Lahm bi Ajeen (Meat Flatbreads) Recipe
A detailed, excellent Lahm bi Ajeen recipe — from making the soft, pillowy dough to the meat topping and baking method. All steps and timings included.
Sambousek Stuffed with Beef
Sambousek stuffed with beef is one of the tastiest pastries and a delicious appetizer to serve with soups and fattoush. You can use this dough and fill it with meat, vegetables, or cheese. Enjoy!
How to Make Jallab Drink
Jallab is the number-one Ramadan drink, especially in Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Lebanon. We’re used to buying it ready-made and diluting it with water, but making it at home is something else :)
Easy Chocolate Balls
Chocolate balls are perfect for serving guests and require very little effort. We can even use leftover cake and turn it into delicious balls with just a few extra additions.
Sfeeha Dough and Filling
Sfeeha is one of the tastiest meat pastries, served with yogurt or a squeeze of lemon. Here is a reliable method for making the best meat sfeeha.
Turkish Balloon Bread with Sesame
Balloon bread is one of the tastiest kinds of bread. When fried, it puffs up, making it easy to open and fill with any filling you like. It can be served at different times of day, depending on the filling you choose.
Sesame Balloon Bread
Sesame balloon bread... a homemade recipe that's easier and tastier than anything else... it's delicious for breakfast with tea, and it doesn't need an oven. Try it.
Baked Doughnuts
Baked doughnuts made with a very tasty, tried-and-true recipe. They’re definitely lighter and healthier than doughnuts fried in oil... Try the recipe and they’ll be healthier for your kids too!
How to Make Manakish Dough and Lahm bi Ajin
You’ll find a reliable manakish and lahm bi ajin dough recipe here... the important thing is to let the dough rise well before baking! The result is wonderful.
The Tastiest Spinach Pies
The tastiest spinach pies, with a tried-and-tested homemade recipe explained in detail! One of the best savory pastries, and you can make a large batch and keep it in the fridge until needed.
Homemade Pizza
Homemade pizza just the way you like it — control the toppings however you wish. Some prefer it vegetarian, others add meat. Make the dough as directed in the recipe for a guaranteed success!
Colorful Raffaello Balls
Colorful Raffaello balls — a delicious and popular Italian sweet. Very easy recipe. Perfect to make and enjoy with kids and guests.
Muhallabia (Milky Pudding)
An easy, tested homemade muhallabia (milk pudding) with guaranteed delicious results. All ingredients are common household items, so this will succeed for home cooks.

















