~ŞEKERPARE~

Şekerpare is a traditional Turkish dessert made with semolina. It means “a piece of sweet” in Old Turkish and I really like the soft, crumbly texture of this amazing dessert.

Ingredients for the sirup: 

- 2 cups water 

- 2 cups sugar 

- 1 tbsp lemon juice 

Ingredients for the dough: 

- 2 cups flour 

- 1/2 cup semolina 

- 1/2 cup sugar 

- 1 egg 

- 125 g butter 

- 1 tsp baking powder 

- (+ hazelnuts) 

1. Make the sirup: pour water and sugar in a pot and let it boil for 15 min. Then add lemon juice and let the sirup cool down. 
2. Combine butter, flour, semolina, sugar, egg and baking powder. Knead the dough well with your hands.
3. Preheat the oven at 180°C.
4. Form the cookies (walnut sized pieces) and placed them on a baking sheet. Additional add hazelnuts on their tops.
5. Bake the cookies for 20-25 min in the preheated oven.
6. Put the cookies out of the oven and let them cool down 1-2 min. Then put the warm cookies for 5 sec in the sirup to let them soak. Pour the leftover sirup over the cookies. Skanaus!

Solidarity Recipes Team ❤