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Oatmeal Cookies with Sugar Paste
Oatmeal cookies with sugar paste are a cookie recipe you can shape however you like, in the color and design that suit the occasion you're celebrating! Easy, delicious, and kids will love them. Try them!
Leopard-Print Cake
A successful leopard-print cake recipe. It takes a few steps and a little creativity, but the result is truly special! Kids will love the cake’s shape!
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.
How to Make Éclair Cake
Éclair cake is among the lightest and most delicious cakes. Here is a detailed at-home method, including three shaping options for éclairs and a classic crème pâtissière for many desserts. Bon appétit!
Shish Barak (Yogurt Dumplings) with Rice
Shish barak — delicious dumplings in a yogurt sauce, originally Turkish and popular in the Levant. Some prefer lightly baking the dough pieces; others add them raw to the yogurt. Serve hot with rice or rice with vermicelli.
How to Make Shish Barak
Shish barak is a very delicious dish and truly suitable for this hot time of year. It is a light meal based on small dough dumplings stuffed with minced meat and cooked in yogurt. You can use goat's milk yogurt or cow's milk yogurt, depending on your preference.
Ouzi Rolls or Qouzi Fingers
Ouzi rolls are a creative way to serve ouzi or qouzi as finger-sized bites. The phyllo-style baklava dough makes the recipe wonderfully light and appealing. Prepare these easy qouzi fingers and serve them as an appetizer or with cucumber and yogurt.
Bouche de Noel
Bouche de Noel made with a tried-and-tested recipe and guaranteed success! Boush is one of the most delicious cakes in French cuisine and is usually served during Christmas celebrations, shaped like a Christmas tree trunk.
Bulgur Kibbeh with Meat Filling
Bulgur kibbeh (without meat in the dough) — flour and oil are added until a cohesive, moldable dough forms. The filling is classic seasoned meat. A tasty, different kibbeh worth trying.
Date-Filled Croissant
A French croissant dough filled with delicious dates, a staple in many of our dessert recipes. Easy, quick, and tasty.
Thursday's Murkad Cookies
A fragrant, spiced cookie recipe traditionally baked for Thursday gatherings. Includes anise, sesame, caraway, and a warming dough.
How to Make Othmaliya
A very easy and quick recipe for making Othmaliya with ashta. If you already have ready-made kunafa dough or Othmaliya pastry, this recipe will take you no more than half an hour to prepare!
Basbousa with Custard and Baklava Pastry
Basbousa is a famous Egyptian sweet! Here is a version with custard and baklava pastry… hoping Egyptian ladies share their own secrets of this dessert with us. Bon appétit!
The Best Cinnamon Rolls
Homemade cinnamon rolls — easy and delicious. Allow the dough to rest twice to get soft, flavorful rolls. Finish with a creamy white frosting for the full experience.
Secrets to Perfectly Boiling Fava Beans
Ful medames is one of the most beloved breakfast dishes, with slight variations in seasoning from one country to another, or even from one region to another within the same country. Here, we share the secrets to perfectly boiling fava beans while keeping their color light and seasoning them to your taste!
Luxury Eid Maamoul
Luxury Eid maamoul with all the details you need for both the dough and the fillings in this recipe. If you don't know how to make maamoul, go ahead and give it a try—our recipe is guaranteed!
Cinnamon Babka Bread
Cinnamon babka bread is an irresistible recipe, not only for its beautiful shape but also for its wonderful aroma that will fill the home! Give it a try.
How to Make Maamoul
Find maamoul filled with dates, walnuts and pistachios in this recipe. A reliable homemade recipe we recommend you try — this dough will melt in your mouth!

















