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Tea Bag–Shaped Cookies
Adorable tea bag–shaped cookies. Dough is cut into a tea-envelope shape, baked, then dipped in chocolate sauce — a charming treat for tea time.
Cheese Kunafa
Cheese kunafa — a beloved Arabic dessert often served for breakfast. Serve with syrup (attar) or with kunafa pastry and syrup, according to preference.
How to Make Strawberry Tart
Strawberry tart is a wonderful, easy, and proven home recipe. You can use the same tart crust with pastry cream and swap the strawberries for any seasonal fruit you prefer or have on hand.
Strawberry Flan or Strawberry Tart
A strawberry flan (or tart) recipe you can make in about 15 minutes! The flan uses a ready-made pastry shell that doesn’t need baking, which makes this recipe very quick to assemble.
Tart with Cream and Chocolate Sauce
Tart filled with whipped cream or chocolate sauce — or make mini tarts if you prefer. Prepare the tart dough as detailed in the recipe; the rest is very easy.
How to Make Churros (Fried Dough Dessert)
Churros — fried dough — are a delicious sweet from Latin kitchens. Very easy to make, but the dough should rest for a full day before frying. Try them with melted chocolate and strawberries.
Spinach and Cheese Roll
A wonderful spinach and cheese pastry roll that can elevate any table. Give this tasty recipe a try.
Lancashire Cookies
A simple, tested Lancashire biscuit recipe you can make at home. You can choose colors or flavors to add to the dough to tailor Lancashire biscuits to your taste.
How to Make a Special Tart
A simple, clear recipe for making a special tart. You can change the shape of this tart according to any letter or number you want by first cutting sturdy paper into the desired shape, then shaping the tart dough around it.
Fake Kunafa Without Kneading with Toast - Video
A quick, fuss-free kunafa inspired dessert that uses toasted bread instead of traditional kataifi pastry.
Turkish Simit
Turkish simit made easy at home. One of the most important keys to success is letting the dough rest well before shaping and again after shaping.
Easy Pan-Fried Manakish Recipe
An easy and quick pan-fried manakish recipe for a delicious breakfast or a light dinner with a cup of tea. One of the most wonderful pastry recipes—give it a try!
Date and Biscuit Swiss Roll
Date and biscuit Swiss roll... a distinctive, creative recipe made of two layers: biscuit dough and date dough :) But how do you assemble it?!! Click on the picture to see the details.
Armenian-style Cheese Borek
Armenian-style cheese borek is one of the tastiest borek/samosa recipes. Try this distinctive tender dough — you may never make borek any other way.
How to Make 'Fake' Chicken Thighs
The thighs in the picture aren't real—the filling is chicken, vegetables and potato wrapped in puff pastry, then coated with egg and breadcrumbs and fried. A distinctive recipe!
Shaibiyat (Filled Baklava Pastries)
Shaibiyat: a beloved, classic Middle Eastern pastry. This home recipe uses ready phyllo (baklava) sheets and an easy homemade cream filling—simple and much better than store-bought.
Easy Honeycomb Rolls
An ultra-easy honeycomb roll recipe—prepare the dough and fill as you like for a delicious treat or breakfast. Honeycomb rolls are one of our most requested recipes. Enjoy!
How to Make Donuts
Donuts — a clear, detailed, successful homemade recipe. It’s important that the dough rests in two stages. Fry in plenty of oil and decorate with chocolate, powdered sugar, etc.

















