Klaicha / Kleicha
"This is a middle eastern recipe for date filled pastry things:) My friend in Melbourne made them once and I loved them. They go well with coffee and tea:)"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
30 cookies
ingredients
- 3 cups plain flour
- 1⁄2 cup caster sugar
- 250 g unsalted butter
- 3 teaspoons rose water
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 250 g pitted dates
- 2 tablespoons butter
directions
- Pre-Heat oven to 170C degrees.
- Sift flour and sugar into a mixing bowl.
- Rub 250gm butter into flour/sugar until nicely ditributed.
- Add rose water, and water and knead to a dough.
- Rest it for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, chop the dates and heat with the 2TBS butter till nice and soft.
- Roll the dough into little balls in your hand and fill with a small amount of date filling and then close it up.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, and let them cool on the tray.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
elke7612
helsinki
hi:) i live in helsinki with my husband and my little daughter:) i am a bookbinder/print finnisher by trade, but since the little squish came along im a full time mummy:) we originally come from melbourne australia and the cook books i use most are charmaine solomons vegetarian book and Lady Flo Bjelke-Petersons book. looking at this site is so interesting! its always "i know what im makin for dinner tomorrow night";) hehe we are determined never to make the same thing twice ever again!!
