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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. 
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Snack
Cuisine Mediterranean, Sudanese
Servings 50

Ingredients
  

  • 8 cups Flour Sifted
  • 3 cups Ghee Melted
  • 1 cup Plain Yoghurt
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
  • 2 tsp Sesame Seeds Roast in oven for 10min
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 Icing Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon Anise Optional
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cardamon

Instructions
 

  • 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

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