
Turkish Savory Cookies with Mahlab
Soft, buttery Turkish savory cookies flavored with mahlab and topped with nigella seeds.
Ingredients
| 220 g | butter (half-melted) |
| 1/2 чаша | oil (cup of 150 ml capacity) |
| 2 броя | egg whites |
| 2 ч.л. | mahlab |
| 1 ч.л. | baking powder |
| 4 ч.л. | powdered sugar |
| 1 1/2 ч.л. | salt |
| 2 с.л. | apple cider vinegar |
| 4-5 чаши | flour (start with 4 and add the rest gradually; author used 4 1/2) |
| 2 броя | egg yolks, beaten (for brushing) |
| — | nigella seeds (to sprinkle) |
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients for the dough until homogeneous. It comes out very soft and greasy.
- Tear off pieces of the dough and shape small balls (3 cm). Arrange them in a tray on greased baking paper (spaced apart from each other).
- Brush them with yolk and sprinkle with nigella seeds.
- Bake in an oven preheated to 175 degrees with fan. The baking is not long, watch them.