Eid Kaak
Ingredients
For the dough
- Flour- 1 kg
- Soft butter- 90 gm
- Ghee- 90 gm
- Sugar- 400 gm
- Water- 200 gm
- Milk- 200 gm
- Milk powder- 100 gm
- Yeast- 5 gm
- Baking powder- 20 gm
- Baking soda- 5 gm
- Mahalab powder- 5 gm
- Cookies spice powder- 15 gm
- Nutmeg powder- 2 gm
- Anise seeds powder- 2 gm
- Mastic few pieces
For the filling
- Date paste
- Crushed cardamom
- Ground anise
- Rose water is optional
- Ghee
- Butter
- Mahaleb powder
- Lightly roasted nuts
- Sesame seeds
Directions
- In a hot bowl add water and sugar, dissolve it then and milk and keep aside
- Take another bowl and add flour Ghee and butter, rub it between you hand palm till you have sandy texture . Then add milk powder, mahalab, nutmeg , cookie spice, anise seed powder, baking soda, salt, ground mastic and baking powder, mix well
- When sugar syrup is warm add yeast and dissolve it. Pour this to flour mix well it till it form nice soft dough.
- Cover it and proof it at least for 5 hours.
- Mix the date paste with ghee, butter, cardamom powder and some rose water. Mix it well and keep aside
- Prepare the balls with dough and dates mix
- Slightly dip the dough ball in oil and press it on the mold as shown in below link (Add sesame seed, nuts or dates). Arrange in a baking try
- Bake in a preheated oven at 200*c for seven minutes
