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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. COOKIE DOUGH: | 2. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. | 3. Work in butter using a pastry blender or two forks, one held in each hand. | 4. Add the eggs, mixing in with the pastry blender. | 5. Add the lemon peel. | 6. Form the dough into a ball and wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate for atleast 1 hour. | 7. YEAST DOUGH: | 8. Sprinkle the yeast over 1/4 cup lukewarm water (105°F); add a pinch of sugar, and set aside until foamy. | 9. Put 2 cups flour in a large bowl and add the yeast, milk, salt, and remaining sugar. | 10. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. | 11. Add the butter and enough flour to produce a dough that is moist and pliable. | 12. Knead for 5 minutes. | 13. Form the dough into a ball and place in a large greased bowl. | 14. Cover with a dish towel and set aside to rise, 1-1 1/2 hours until doubled in bulk. | 15. MOHN FILLING: | 16. Combine the poppy seeds, honey, and milk in a small saucepan. Simmer for about 10minutes, stirring constantly; the mixture should thicken. | 17. Stir in lemon juice, lemon peel, and raisins. | 18. Set aside to cool. | 19. PRUNE FILLING. | 20. Cover the prunes with 1 cup water in a small saucepan. | 21. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes -1 hour, until tender. | 22. Add the lemon juice and honey, and simmer slowly for about 10 minutes. | 23. Stir in the nuts (if using) and let the filling cool. | 24. LEKVAR FILLING: | 25. Combine all ingredients. | 26. NOTE: | 27. All fillings can be made in advance and stored (covered) in the refrigerator. | 28. ASSEMBLY: | 29. Preheat the oven to 350°F You will need 1 recipe dough, 1 recipe filling, and 1 egg, beaten with 1 tbsp water. | 30. Divide whichever dough you choose into portions you can easily roll out. | 31. On a floured board, roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch. The cookie dough rolls out best if rolled out between two sheets of wax paper. | 32. Cut the dough into 3-4 inch circles, using the top of a glass or cookie cutter. Fill each circle with a heaping teaspoon of filling and pinch the dough around it into a triangular shape. | 33. Brush the dough with the egg wash and bake on a greased cookie sheet for 20-30minutes (the cookie dough will bake faster than the yeast dough). | 34. When the cookies are done, they will look appealingly brown. Taste one if in doubt! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	2	cups	unbleached	729.12	53.6256	63.5208	34.692
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
butter	8	tablespoons	cut	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
egg	2		beaten	143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
lemon peel	1	tablespoon	grated	2.82	0.96	0.09	0.018000000000000002
active yeast	1	envelope		-	-	-	-
water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
flour	4 -5	cups	unbleached	729.12	53.6256	63.5208	34.692
milk	1/2	cup		74.42	5.8316	3.843	3.9894
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
butter	8	tablespoons	melted cooled	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
poppy seed	1	cup		705.6	37.8067	24.1786	55.8566
honey	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
milk	1/2	cup		74.42	5.8316	3.843	3.9894
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
lemon peel	2	teaspoons	grated	2.82	0.96	0.09	0.018000000000000002
raisin	1/2	cup		249.15	65.604	2.7968	0.3795
prune	1	lb	unsweetened pitted chopped	476.2726	126.0988	3.9463	0.9072
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
honey	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
walnut	3/4	cup	chopped	1445.34	0.0	0.0	163.5
prune butter	1/2			-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
lemon peel	1	tablespoon	grated	2.82	0.96	0.09	0.018000000000000002
honey	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
walnut	1	cup	chopped	1445.34	0.0	0.0	163.5
egg	1		beaten	143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.