Sugar-Dusted Crescent Cookies

Name: Sugar-Dusted Crescent Cookies
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 30 people
Ingredients: 3 parts flour (about 1 kg); 1/2 part clarified butter (smen) + butter; 1 part minus 2 fingers of water + orange blossom water; 1 pinch salt; 1/2 tablespoon sugar

Ghena Athmane @fath

Alger

These delicious Algerian cookies are traditionally prepared for Eid, symbolizing the crescent moon that marks the end of Ramadan.

Ghena Athmane @fath

Alger

These delicious Algerian cookies are traditionally prepared for Eid, symbolizing the crescent moon that marks the end of Ramadan.

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Ingredients

40 minutes at 350°F (180°C)

30 people

3parts flour (about 1 kg)
1/2part clarified butter (smen) + butter
1part minus 2 fingers of water + orange blossom water
1 pinchsalt
1/2 tablespoonsugar

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Steps

40 minutes at 350°F (180°C)

1

Mix the flour, salt, sugar, and fats together and knead.
2

Add the water and orange blossom water, then gather the dough.
3

Cover and let rest for 3 hours. Afterward, form the entire dough into 40-gram balls, cover with plastic wrap, and prepare the filling with 3 parts almonds, 1 part sugar, and mix with orange blossom water.
4

Flatten a dough ball, form a log, then roll it out with a rolling pin and place the filling on top.
5

Roll it up and shape into a crescent.
6

Place them on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F (180°C) for 40 minutes. Once baked, let them cool, dip in a syrup (water, sugar, orange blossom water), drain, and dust with sugar. Enjoy!