Sekerpare

Ingredients :

For Sekerpare :

1 cup of unsalted butter (in room temperature)

1 cup of caster sugar

4 tablespoons of semolina

2 tablespoons of coconut

2 eggs

4 cups of flour

1 teaspoon of vanilla

1 teaspoon of baking powder

For Sweetened Juice:

3 cups of sugar

4 cups of water

Half lemon juice

Also:Nut

Preparing Sekerpare :

1. Mix 1 cup of margarine, 1 cup of caster sugar, 4 tablespoons of semolina, 2 tablespoons of coconut, 2 eggs, 4 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 1 teaspoon of baking powder and make a soft dough. (add flour little by little)

2. Take small pieces from dough like making a cookie , round & flatten them and put them on a tray after placing 1 nut at the center of each cookie.

3. Bake them in a preheated oven.

Preparing the Sweetened Juice :

1. Boil 3 cups of sugar and 4 cups of water in a pot. 5 minutes after boiling add the lemon juice and let it boil another few minutes.

2. Let the liquid get warm some time.

3. After the cookies are baked, wait for 3 minutes after you take them out from the oven. After 3 minutes drench the cookies with warm liquid (the vital spot is ; the cookies have to be hot, liquid has to be warm)

4. Close another tray onto the top of the cookie tray and make them wait until you serve.

Comments

[Mehtap]

Could someone please possibly send me a recipe for un helvasi in english? Thank You.