These cookies are made all over the Middle East. Each country and each household has their favourite recipe. The traditional shape is a horse shoe with the 2 ends pinched together and a nut is placed where they meet. I only do that if I am receiving guests or for a special occasion.

Ingredients

50 serv.

flour↗2 cups
orange flower water or rose water (optional)↗2 tablespoon
pure ghee↗1 cup
icing sugar↗1 cup
pine nuts or pistachios↗50
baking soda↗1⁄2 teaspoon

Step-by-step instructions

1
Melt ghee in a saucepan on the stove.
2
Add icing sugar to ghee and mix till sugar is completely dissolved.
3
Remove from heat.
4
Add cardamom and gradually add in the flour and baking soda.
5
Mix well. dough should not stick to your hand.
6
Add more flour if necessary.
7
Roll 1 tsp of dough at a time into balls.
8
Place onto an oven tray, flatten slightly.
9
Place a nut of your choice in the middle of each cookie.
10
Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes, or until tops are cream.

Source: food.com

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