Sudanese Kahk – Sugar Coated Cookies
‘Tis the season for Bakin’! Christmas is right around the corner. In Sudan and South Sudan that means it is time for baking home-made cookies and biscuits. All families indulge in this rite, and cookies are shared with friends, neighbors and guests. I will share a recipe for Sudanese Kahk- sugar coated cookies. These cookies are crumbly, flaky, not too sweet, and lightly dusted with icing sugar. They are the all time favorite.
Sudanese Kahk – Sugar Coated Cookies
Sudanese Kahk – sugar coated cookies, are made with ghee or clarified butter. Ghee does not need refrigeration and therefore well suited for the hot South Sudan weather, where most families lack refrigerators. We will use plain yoghurt, a little bit of sugar, flour, and flavorings. Roasted sesame seeds give it an extra crunch. To find out how to make these all time holiday favorite, read the recipe below. To make other Christmas cookies from Taste of South Sudan, click link for Ghorayebah Cookies under the recipes section.
RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
8 cups Flour, sifted
3 cups ghee, melted
1 cup plain yoghurt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoon sesame seeds, roast in oven for 10min
1/2 teaspoon Salt
Icing sugar
Flavours: vanilla 1 tablespoon
Optional : Anise 1 tablespoon,Ground Cardamon: 1 teaspoon
Additional optional flavorings for Kahk: fennel, ground cloves, mahlab,
BAKING METHOD
1. Warm ghee. Place in mixing bowl.
2. Add yoghurt. Mix using hand mixer or electronic food mixer.
3. Add vanilla and anise.
4. Mix dry ingredients: sugar, flour, sesame seeds, baking powder, salt, cardamon.
5. Add dry ingredients to liquid ingredients. Mix well.
6. Cover dough and let sit for 30min.
7. Roll dough using wooden roller on flat surface. Use cookie cutters to make cookie shapes, and also use a small glass cup to cut the traditional circular shapes, and half moons that Sudanese love.
8. Bake in oven set at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes, until cookies bottom edge start to turn a tan color.
9. Remove from oven. Place on cooling racks.
10. After it has sufficiently cooled: dust icing sugar all over.
ENJOY.
Sudanese Kahk – Sugar Coated Cookies
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PRINTABLE RECIPE
- 8 cups Flour, sifted
- 3 cups ghee, melted
- 1 cup plain yoghurt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoon sesame seeds, roast in oven for 10min
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- Icing sugar
- Flavours: vanilla 1 tablespoon
- Optional : Anise 1 tablespoon,Ground Cardamon: 1 teaspoon
- Additional optional flavorings for Kahk: fennel, ground cloves, mahlab,
- Warm ghee. Place in mixing bowl.
- Add yoghurt. Mix using hand mixer or electronic food mixer.
- Add vanilla and anise.
- Mix dry ingredients: sugar, flour, sesame seeds, baking powder, salt, cardamon.
- Add dry ingredients to liquid ingredients. Mix well.
- Cover dough and let sit for 30min.
- Roll dough using wooden roller on flat surface. Use cookie cutters to make cookie shapes, and also use a small glass cup to cut the traditional circular shapes, and half moons that Sudanese love.
- Bake in oven set at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes, until cookies bottom edge start to turn a tan color.
- Remove from oven. Place on cooling racks.
- After it has sufficiently cooled: dust icing sugar all over.
- ENJOY.
Meredith Dale says
Hi Noela
We loved these cookies when we visited my grandson’s South Sudanese family last year.
How long do they keep for please?
Best wishes for Christmas and many thanks for the traditional recipes that we use to surprise and impress our African visitors.
Meredith
Noela Mogga says
Thank you Meredith. Merry Christmas to you and your family too. I missed the question initially.
So the cookies are baked, dry and powdered with icing sugar. I have not run any scientific studies, but from usage; they store well for at least 30days, when kept in a dry container away from moisture and high humidity.