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Kahk
2
cup (s) samn balady.
1 cup (s) milk.
4 1/2 cup (s) flour, all purpose.
2 tablespoons baking powder.
1 tea spoon (s) instant yeas.
1 tea spoon (s) ground cinnamon.
1 tea spoon (s) ground cloves.
1 tea spoon (s) ground ginger.
sesame seeds.
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Method:
- Heat the samn
balady (Gee) until almost boiling.
- Add the baking
powder and the spices to the flour.
- Carefully add the
flour to the hot samn balady (Gee) and stir with a
wooden spoon.
- Keep stirring and
stirring and stirring.
- When you get
tired (honestly this is part of the recipe as given to
me by my friend's mother in law, ... tired = your arms
are ready to fall off) then you can stop stirring. Her
recipe said not to use a wooden spoon but to knead the
flour into the hot samna (Gee), but I do not do that
part. I have not tried using a food processor.
- When the mixture
cools down a little, but is still warm, (ie you can
knead it with your hands without causing permanent
damage), add the instant yeast to the milk with a
teaspoon of sugar, then stir gently into the dough.
- Knead it for a
short while, cover and let it rest. (Officially you
should shape the kahk now and let it rest later).
- After an hour or
so you can start shaping the dough with your hands into
little balls and then flatten them.
- You can add nuts,
agwa (date spread), or other filling when you are making
it into balls.
- Put them in a
cookie tray and let them rest for a little.
- Then put them in
a preheated oven (345 F), and watch them. Usually 15
minutes is enough.
- Take them out,
wait until they cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar
just before eating.
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