Kakat' Claire
This cookie is like the Arabic version of biscotti. The mix of fennel, anise, sesame seeds and black seeds, create a complex flavor profile for this relatively easy to make cookie.
Ingredients
- 3 lbs white flour (~6 cups)
- 1 tsp mahlab powder See recipe for Kakat Mahlab for more information on the spice mahlab
- 1 cup room temperature butter (or ghee if preferred)
- 1 cup canola oil
- 5 tbsp anise
- 5 tbsp fennel
- 1 cup sesame seeds
- 3 tbsp black seeds (Nigella seeds)
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 packet active dry yeast
- 3/4 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450F.
- Mix anise, fennel, and mahlab together. Add this blend to the flour.
- Add sesame seeds, black seeds and yeast to the flour mix.
- Combine oil and butter to flour until just mixed.
- Mix sugar into water.
- Now add sugar mixture into flour mix.
- With your hand knead the dough mixture for about 5 minutes.
- Roll out dough to be about 1/4" thick. If it works better for your space, separate the dough in half, and roll out each half individually.
- Use a cookie cutter (as shown in this picture) with an outer and inner circle to create the shape of the cookie.
- Bake in oven for about 10 minutes.
- Enjoy as a dessert or snack with tea or coffee.