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Three Ingredient Ghraybeh Cookies (Middle Eastern Butter Cookies) fresh from the oven Round shortbread cookies with a pistachio. Recipe from cleveland cooking

Three Ingredient Ghraybeh Cookies (Middle Eastern Butter Cookies)

Ghraybeh cookies are melt-in-your-mouth buttery nuggets of love that require only three ingredients. One recipe will give you 36 cookies!
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Chilling time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 7 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Keyword: christmas cookie, cookie, pistachio, shortbread
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 64kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of all purpose flour
  • ¾ cup of powdered sugar
  • cup of ghee clarified butter

Instructions

  • Whisk together the powdered sugar and flour.
  • Add ghee to the flour mixture and blend until whipped and smooth. About 7-10 minutes.
  • Chill dough for at least 20 minutes.
  • Roll dough to a ball about 11 grams or a teaspoon size.
  • Press an almond or pistachio (optional) into the rolled cookie.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes at 325 degrees F.
  • When baked, place on a cooling rack until completely cooled.

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Notes

Nuts are optional.
When blending the ingredients the dough goes from sandy, to a hard dough, to whipped in about 10 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 64kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 0.3mg | Potassium: 7mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 0.1IU | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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