BARAZEK (Pistachio & Sesame Seeds Cookies)

I loves to eat cookies that have a crunch and crispy...... because I like munching and munching!

When Wendy of Table for 2 ....or more posted her Barazek (well, I have not heard of what is Barazek before) and after looking at the pic, I guess this type of cookies is in for me as I can see it has that crunch for me!

BARAZEK

(Pistachio & Sesame Seeds Cookies)
Recipe from Wendy of Table for 2....or more 

Ingredients
150g sesame seeds

53g honey
65g ghee (clarified butter)
1 medium size egg
70g sugar
1/8 tsp salt
120g plain flour
160g semolina flour
1 tsp baking powder
120g pistachios

Method
1. Mix the sesame seeds and honey.  Set aside.

2.  Chopped the pistachios coarsely and place on a flat plate.
3.  Mix ghee, egg, sugar and salt; cream till smooth.
4.  Sift in flour, sugee and baking powder. Mix well.
5.  Take 1/2 tbsp level of dough (1 scoop out using a melon baller) and form into round.

6.  Drop dough onto chopped pistachios that has been placed on a flat plate.Lightly press dough 

     onto pistachios.

7. With the dough sticking on the back of the spoon, drop the dough pistachio nut side up onto the 

    sesame honey mixture.Lightly press the dough

8. Spoon out dough with generous amount of sesame sticking at the bottom.

9. Place dough sesame side up pistachio side down onto baking tray. Lightly press them flat.

10. Bake at 170C for 15 minutes

11. Cool on baking tray for 2 minutes before transferring to wire rack to fully cool down.

Please go over to here for tutorial pic

The difficult part of making this is.......messy!  The sesame seeds doesn't stick much to the dough and have to take some out to lightly press it down to stick.

Well, as indicate by Wendy, that this cookies taste better after 3 days, so I shall wait till 3 days to taste how good this shall be.  

On my last tray to bake this cookies, I use a small knife to make a slit .... just for fun ..... so it hang nicely to my cup!

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