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Melt-in-Your-Mouth Ghraybeh (Easy 3-Ingredient Recipe)

Author: Dan Harper
64kcal
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Prep 25 minutes
Cook 12 minutes
Chilling time 20 minutes
Total 57 minutes
Make these incredibly easy 3-ingredient Ghraybeh cookies! They are traditional Middle Eastern butter cookies with a rich, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth texture. This simple recipe is great for the holidays or any family gathering.
Servings 36 cookies
Course Dessert
Cuisine Middle Eastern

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of all purpose flour
  • ¾ cup of powdered sugar
  • ⅔ cup of ghee clarified butter

Method

  1. Whisk together the powdered sugar and flour.
  2. Add the ghee and blend until whipped and smooth, about 7 to 10 minutes, moving through a sandy stage, then a dense dough, then a soft, whipped stage.
  3. Chill dough for at least 20 minutes.
  4. Roll dough to a ball about 11 grams or a teaspoon size.
  5. Press an almond or pistachio (optional) into the rolled cookie.
  6. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 325 degrees F.
  7. When baked, place on a cooling rack until completely cooled.

Nutrition

Calories64kcalCarbohydrates8gProtein1gFat3gSaturated Fat2gPolyunsaturated Fat0.2gMonounsaturated Fat1gCholesterol9mgSodium0.3mgPotassium7mgFiber0.2gSugar2gVitamin A0.1IUCalcium1mgIron0.3mg

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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.
This dough doubles well if your mixer bowl has the capacity, otherwise mix it in two batches to keep the whipped texture consistent. For meal prep, the unbaked dough freezes for up to a month, so keeping a batch on hand means fresh cookies are only a chill and a bake away.

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