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Ka'ak - Traditional Sesame Cookies
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Ka'ak - Traditional Sesame Cookies

Ka'ak - traditional crisp, sweet sesame cookies, typical of Sephardic and Mizrahi communities

⏱ 48 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  3. 3
    Add the eggs, tahini, oil and vanilla and mix into a soft dough.
  4. 4
    Roll the dough into thin, finger-width logs, brush each log with the beaten egg and roll it in Sesame, and place on the baking sheet, spaced apart.
    Baking pan
  5. 5
    Bake 15–18 minutes, until the cookies are lightly golden.
    ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan
    💡Cookies that look too soft coming out of the oven firm up as they cool. Take them out when just the edges are golden.
    💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
  6. 6
    Let cool completely before serving.
411calories
9 gprotein
37 gcarbs
25 gfat
● protein 9%● carbs 37%● fat 55%

Per serving (94 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)

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