Snack · 60 min · turkish

Sekerpare (Syrup-Soaked Cookies)

This is the kind of Turkish snack you’ll make on repeat — flour and semolina, 60 minutes, big payoff.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups Flour
• 0.5 cup Semolina
• 1 cup Butter
• 0.5 cup Powdered sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 2 cups Sugar
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 16 Pistachios
• 1 tsp Vanilla

Steps

1. Rub the soft butter into the flour, semolina, powdered sugar, and baking powder until sandy, then work in the eggs and vanilla into a soft, smooth dough.
2. Shape into 16 ovals and press a hazelnut into the top of each — the nut is both decoration and handle.
3. Bake at 350°F for 20 to 25 minutes until pale golden. They should be just set; they firm as they cool.
4. Meanwhile, simmer the sugar with 2.5 cups water and the lemon juice for 10 minutes into a light syrup. Cool it slightly — the rule is hot cookies, warm syrup.
5. Pour the warm syrup over the hot cookies in their pan. They will drink it astonishingly fast, swelling slightly.
6. Rest at least 2 hours, spooning syrup over occasionally, until every cookie is glossy and saturated. Serve at room temperature.

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