Barazek Cookies
This is a Syrian barazek recipe, sesame-coated cookies filled or decorated with pistachios. The dough is made with egg, sugar, melted butter, Mazola oil, flour, mahleb, baking powder, vanilla, and salt. It is then shaped and arranged over crushed pistachios, brushed with egg white, sprinkled with toasted sesame, and baked in the oven in two stages until golden.
A recipe for barazek, sesame-coated Syrian cookies.
Like crisp sesame cookies.
The sesame coating is a key part of the cookie's texture and look.
Ingredients
- two cups Flour
- three-quarters cup Sugar
- three-quarters cup Melted butter
- one-quarter cup Mazola oil
- one egg Egg
- for brushing Egg white
- amount mentioned in the transcript Toasted sesame seeds
- amount mentioned in the transcript Crushed pistachios
- one-half teaspoon Mahleb
- one teaspoon Baking powder
- one-quarter teaspoon Vanilla
- a pinch Salt
- about 200 grams Crushed pistachios
- about 200 grams Toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees five minutes before baking.
- In a bowl, mix the egg with the sugar, vanilla, baking powder, mahleb, and a pinch of salt.
- Add the melted butter and Mazola oil to the bowl, then add the sifted flour and knead the mixture until a dough forms.
- Divide the dough into suitably sized pieces, then let them rest briefly.
- Shape the dough pieces as desired using a mold or by hand on a suitable surface.
- Place the crushed pistachios in the base of the mold, then place a piece of dough over them and press gently so it takes the shape.
- Brush the rounds with egg white, then sprinkle toasted sesame seeds over the top.
- Arrange the rounds in a buttered baking tray.
- Bake the tray on the lower rack of the oven for six to seven minutes.
- When the edges turn pinkish, move the tray to the upper rack of the oven to brown the tops for two minutes.
- Leave the barazek to cool for half an hour before moving or serving.