How to Make Yummy Kaak bi Halib : Delicious Milk-Based Cookies

Kaak bi Halib : Delicious Milk-Based Cookies.

You can have Kaak bi Halib : Delicious Milk-Based Cookies using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kaak bi Halib : Delicious Milk-Based Cookies

1. Prepare 1 kg of flour.
2. You need 1 teaspoon of dried yeast, dissolved in 1/3 cup warm water.
3. It’s 1 tablespoon of baking powder.
4. It’s 200 g of butter.
5. It’s 1 3/4 cups of sugar.
6. Prepare 1 3/4 cups of warm milk.
7. You need 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg powder.
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon of mahlab, if available.

Kaak bi Halib : Delicious Milk-Based Cookies step by step

1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan then add the sugar and milk. Stir for few minutes and leave to cool..
2. In a large bowl, mix the flour, nutmeg, mahlab, baking powder and the yeast dissolved in water..
3. Gradually pour the butter, milk and sugar mixture into the flour while kneading. Continue kneading until you have a smooth dough. If the dough remains sticky, you can add some more flour to get a soft non-sticky dough. Leave the dough to rest for at least 5 hr in a warm place..
4. Divide the dough into small walnut-size balls and roll each ball into a finger-like shape then bring the ends together forming a ring. Place on slightly greased baking trays..
5. Put in the oven on the middle rack and bake for 20 min at medium heat..