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Chebakia (Moroccan Sesame-Rose Fried Cookie)

Name: Chebakia (Moroccan Sesame-Rose Fried Cookie)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Morocco
Ingredients: all-purpose flour 300 g; fine semolina 50 g; toasted sesame seeds, ground 80 g; sugar 30 g; ground cinnamon 5 g; ground anise 3 g; instant yeast 4 g; warm water 150 ml; orange blossom water 10 ml; vegetable oil 500 ml; honey 250 g; rose water 5 ml; sesame seeds (garnish) 20 g

A rose-shaped sesame cookie fried until crisp and dipped in honey-rose syrup.

55 minutes · 6 servings · Moderate

Chebakia is a festival cookie, most often eaten at Eid, and the rose-shaped form is the traditional one. The dough is rested for a long time so the sesame is evenly distributed, and the rings or coils are fried until crisp and then soaked while still hot. Passing one piece at a time from hand to hand is part of how they are shared.

Ingredients

all-purpose flour300 g
fine semolina50 g
toasted sesame seeds, ground80 g
sugar30 g
ground cinnamon5 g
ground anise3 g
instant yeast4 g
warm water150 ml
orange blossom water10 ml
vegetable oil500 ml
honey250 g
rose water5 ml
sesame seeds (garnish)20 g

Directions

1
Mix flours, ground sesame, sugar, cinnamon, anise, yeast, water and orange water; knead 8 minutes; rest 20 minutes.
2
Roll thin; cut into strips; slit center and fold into rose shape.
3
Fry at 170C for 4 minutes until golden; drain.
4
Heat honey with rose water 3 minutes.
5
Dip warm cookies into honey syrup; drain; sprinkle sesame seeds.

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