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

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

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

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