Month: March 2018

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๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisian Chickpea Cookies or Ghraiba

Theseย  cookies are buttery, crumbly and not too sweet!

First, toast the chickpea flour.

After mixing all the ingredients to make the dough, form a ball, cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.

Roll the dough into logs and put Almonds on top.


Use a knife to cut out the dough logs.

Bake Ghraiba in a 350ยฐF preheated oven for 15 minutes.

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8
Author LDSโ€™s Mom

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chickpea flour
  • 1/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter
  • 2 to 5 tablespoons olive oil
  • Pinch of salt

Garnish

  • 2 tbsp coarsely ground toasted sliced almonds (optional)

Instructions

  1. First toast the chickpea flour in a heavy skillet over low heat, stirring constantly until it is golden. Let cool. This step can be done ahead of time.

  2.  In a bowl sift the chickpea flour, salt, all purpose flour and powdered sugar.

  3.  Mix all the ingredients well with a spoon.
  4. Add in the melted butter and mix with a spoon then get your hands in the bowl.

  5.  Add olive oil, one spoon at the time and mix with hands until it gets together( you may not need to use all the olive oil). Once the dough gets together, stop adding olive oil. The dough obtained at this point can be a little hard and crumbly, knead it until it become soft, roll it into a ball and cover it with plastic wrap.

  6.  Refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
  7. Preheat the oven to 350ยฐF
  8. Divide the dough into half and roll each half into a log of about 1 inch wide.
  9.  Place almonds on top of the log and press with hands so that it will stick to the log.
  10.  Using a knife, cut the log into pieces as shown in the above picture. You can flatten the dough with a rolling pin and use cookie cutters to shape these cookies.
  11.  Place the cut out cookie dough in a non stick baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
  12.  Let completely cool before serving.

Recipe Notes

ย You can replace the ground roasted sliced almonds with sesame seeds or ground pistachios (optional).

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