sister herb
Official TTI Chef
Makes 30 cookies
1 cup (200 g) butter softened
1 and 1/4 cups confectionary sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons vinegar
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup pistachio roughly chopped
1 cup sesame seeds
3 tablespoons honey or simple syrup (see notes)
Cream the butter with the sugar until the mix becomes light in color.
Add the eggs, one at a time and beat until completely incorporated
Add the vanilla and vinegar and beat
Whisk the flour with the baking powder and add it gradually with the salt to the mix and beat untill just incorporated
Do not over mix
Cover the dough and leave it in the fridge to rest for an hour up to overnight
To roll and bake the barazek cookies
Mix the sesame and honey and place it in a plate
place the chopped pistachio in a plate
Line your baking sheet with parchment
Place your oven rack in the middle position and preheat the oven to 180 C
Start by rolling pieces of the dough into walnut size balls
Press the dough ball into the pistachio, flatten it a little
Flip the cookie dough and press it into the sesame honey mix (If you like extra sesame topping, use a spoon to top the cookie with more sesame honey mix and press it into the dough to make sure it sticks)
Arrange the cookies on your baking sheet 2 cm apart
Bake for 15-20 minutes until the bottoms are golden brown
Turn on the broiler for a couple of minutes
Take out of the oven and allow to cook on the tray for 5 minutes them transfer to a wire rack and cook completely
Store in an air tight container
Notes:
If you find it hard to get the sesame topping to stick to the cookies, you can take a spoonful of the sesame honey topping and press it gently to the top of the cookies instead of pressing the cookies into the sesame
You can make these cookies crunchy by making them thin, the thinner they are the more crisp and crunchy they turn out to be after baking but you will need to reduce the baking time as they will bake faster when they ate thinner. I like them a little on the chewy side so I made mine a little thick
By simple syrup I mean the syrup you make by boiling 2 cups of sugar with 1 cup of water and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. You can flavor it with rosewater , cinnamon, orange peel or leave it plain
1 cup (200 g) butter softened
1 and 1/4 cups confectionary sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons vinegar
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup pistachio roughly chopped
1 cup sesame seeds
3 tablespoons honey or simple syrup (see notes)
Cream the butter with the sugar until the mix becomes light in color.
Add the eggs, one at a time and beat until completely incorporated
Add the vanilla and vinegar and beat
Whisk the flour with the baking powder and add it gradually with the salt to the mix and beat untill just incorporated
Do not over mix
Cover the dough and leave it in the fridge to rest for an hour up to overnight
To roll and bake the barazek cookies
Mix the sesame and honey and place it in a plate
place the chopped pistachio in a plate
Line your baking sheet with parchment
Place your oven rack in the middle position and preheat the oven to 180 C
Start by rolling pieces of the dough into walnut size balls
Press the dough ball into the pistachio, flatten it a little
Flip the cookie dough and press it into the sesame honey mix (If you like extra sesame topping, use a spoon to top the cookie with more sesame honey mix and press it into the dough to make sure it sticks)
Arrange the cookies on your baking sheet 2 cm apart
Bake for 15-20 minutes until the bottoms are golden brown
Turn on the broiler for a couple of minutes
Take out of the oven and allow to cook on the tray for 5 minutes them transfer to a wire rack and cook completely
Store in an air tight container
Notes:
If you find it hard to get the sesame topping to stick to the cookies, you can take a spoonful of the sesame honey topping and press it gently to the top of the cookies instead of pressing the cookies into the sesame
You can make these cookies crunchy by making them thin, the thinner they are the more crisp and crunchy they turn out to be after baking but you will need to reduce the baking time as they will bake faster when they ate thinner. I like them a little on the chewy side so I made mine a little thick
By simple syrup I mean the syrup you make by boiling 2 cups of sugar with 1 cup of water and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. You can flavor it with rosewater , cinnamon, orange peel or leave it plain
