Grape molasses cookies

September 4, 2020  •  Category: ,

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 cups of unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup of cream of wheat (farina) or fine semolina
  • 1/4 cup milk (more if needed)
  • 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. white pepper, 1/4 tsp. of ginger, 1 tsp. of mahlab
  • 2 tsp. of baking powder
  • 1/2 cup of grape-seed oil (can substitute a light olive oil)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup of toasted sesame seeds
  • 1/2 cup of nigella seeds
  • 1/2 cup of light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup of grape molasses

  1. Place all dry ingredients (except the sesame and nigella seeds) in a bowl and mix. Place the sesame and nigella seeds in a soup plate and combine.
  2. Place all wet ingredients in a bowl and mix. Combine the two, and knead briefly. The dough should be smooth and moist, but firm. Adjust the measurements if dough is too wet or too dry, by adding more flour or adding a bit of milk if too dry.
  3. Shape into balls, about 2 inches in diameter until all the dough is used-up.
  4. Take each ball and place it on your work surface; roll it gently back and forth until it gets longer, and keep rolling until a stick shape forms, about 3 inches long. Once all the sticks have been shaped, transfer them to a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
  5. Sprinkle the sticks with the sesame seeds/nigella seeds, and brush off the extra seeds with a pastry brush or by tapping the cookie sheet at an angle.
  6. Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated 350F oven or until the sticks are hard and dry. Cool and serve.

 

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    Joe says:

    Had apple molasses (with tahini) at a monastery near Baskinta, Lebanon. Amazing, home made by the monks.

    On September 4, 2020 at 10:03 pm

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    Leonella Alvarez says:

    I have been trying to get this recipe but it sends me a download site. I downloaded the recipe site in an old computer but after searching for over an hour I could not find any of the recipes.
    I went to your website hoping that I could get it there like I always do but it did the same thing.
    It’s really frustrating when you want to execute a recipe and you only get half of it and the other half is no where to be found.

    On September 5, 2020 at 1:40 pm

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    Rebecca Koraytem says:

    You just made my husband’s evening. I’m American, he’s from Beirut. Being the holidays, he started cooking a recipe he remembered from his childhood by taste only: saying it had barley, maybe anise or orange and nuts. I googled the ingredients and voila! You’re wonderful blog appeared with the recipe for Ameh Maslouk. That’s it! We are making it now and he is so excited!!! Thank you. Can’t wait to make your grape molasses cookies next.

    On December 22, 2020 at 4:12 am

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    Sola says:

    Hi I would love to make your molasses cookies sticks but I was wondering if I can omit 1/2 cup brown sugar for less sweetness Will it still come out as good. ?
    Thanks

    On January 16, 2021 at 5:12 pm

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