Tahini cookie

This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (December 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Tahini cookie

Tahini cookies
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	Israel, Turkey
Main ingredients	Tahini, flour, sugar, butter
Variations	Tahini mixed with date molasses, rose water
Cookbook: Tahini cookie

Tahini cookie is a cookie made of tahini, flour, sugar and butter and usually topped with almonds or pine nuts.

Preparation[]

The traditional way to prepare tahini cookies is to combine flour, sugar and butter until it creates a crumbly mixture before adding in the raw tahini. Balls of dough are then shaped into round, flat cookies, oftentimes with almonds or pine nuts pressed into them. The baked cookie resembles a shortbread. Variations that include adding cinnamon, rose water, orange blossom water, date molasses or grape molasses are widespread across Israel.

Tahin Kurabiyesi[]

In Turkey, this pastry is called tahin kurabiyesi, which contains rose water, orange blossom water and olive oil in addition to the tahini and aforementioned ingredients. They are served as a Turkish pastry.

See also[]

• List of cookies
• List of Turkish desserts
• Israeli cuisine