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Baked Cream Phyllo Rolls
Oven-baked phyllo rolls filled with homemade clotted cream (qeshta) and soaked with light sugar syrup. Includes detailed recipes for the cream and the syrup.
Layali Lubnan (Lebanese Nights Dessert)
Layali Lubnan, or Lebanese Nights, is an easy and delicious dessert featuring two layers of cream – one cooked and one fresh. It's garnished with pistachios and served with a sweet syrup.
Harisa Halva Recipe
Harisa halva is one of the richest Arabic sweets, drenched in syrup. Top it with your favorite nuts and serve it to your family and guests.
How to Prepare Othmalia Fingers
Othmalia fingers in a wonderful homemade recipe with a beautiful presentation. Serve these Othmalia fingers in this creative way with a little syrup or sugar syrup, as desired.
How to Make the Best Brownies?
Brownies are among the tastiest chocolate cakes, and there are many ways to make them. This brownie recipe is easy and home-friendly.
How to Make Ashta or Qareesha
Qareesha, or ashta, is one of the essential ingredients in many Arabic desserts. But that does not stop you from enjoying qareesha on its own with fresh fruit, nuts, and syrup.
Layali Lubnan (Lebanese Nights) Made Easy
A simple, delicious Layali Lubnan recipe with clear, tested steps. Prepare Layali Lubnan as a creamy Eastern dessert flavored with cream and syrup, and it will impress everyone who shares it.
Coconut Harissa Cake
A wonderful homemade coconut harissa recipe! Harissa is one of the most popular and easiest desserts there is... very delicious and perfect for serving guests.
Basbousa Dessert
Basbousa dessert is one of the easiest Arabic sweets! Just mix the ingredients well, spread the batter in a baking tray, and wait for the wonderful result. Pour cold syrup over it while it is still hot.
Eggless Choco Prince Dessert
Choco Prince, or lazy cake! An irresistibly delicious dessert made with ingredients you already have at home, and the best part is that it doesn’t need an oven. Our recipe has no eggs :) Give it a try.
Easy Maakaroon Dessert
An easy, delicious Maakaroon — fried sweets dipped in syrup. Drain and serve cold at room temperature. Homemade sweets are lovely, especially when quick to prepare.
Balah al-Sham (Deep-Fried Syrup Pastries)
Balah al-Sham — a classic Levantine sweet. Very tasty and easy to make. The dough is fried in cold oil (a key tip for success). Read the steps carefully and prepare delicious balah al-sham.
Savory Cupcakes (Muffins)
Savory muffins with cheese, za'atar and olives—delicious for breakfast or as a quick snack for kids. Give them a try.
Palestinian Mtabbak Dessert with Cheese
Anyone who loves baklava and syrup-soaked sweets will love this Palestinian dessert. Mtabbak made with an easy recipe and pure Jerusalem hands. Try it, and enjoy in advance.
How to Make Athmaliya Dessert
A clear, detailed, reliable homemade recipe for Athmaliya dessert. The recipe includes how to make the ashta (clotted cream), the sugar syrup (qatir), and the citrus blossom garnish. We hope you enjoy it.
Fried Awama (Luqaimat / Lokma)
Awama — a simple, traditional Arabic sweet. The dough balls are fried in two stages for the perfect crispness, then transferred straight from the oil into syrup. Enjoy!
How to Make Namoura
Namoura is a beloved, rich Arabic dessert. It is soaked with syrup and decorated with nuts as desired. Recipes for namoura vary only slightly from one cook to another. Here is this recipe. Enjoy!
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.

















