Ghorayeba

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 24
Yield: 24 servings

Description

This ghorayeba recipe makes traditional Arabic-style cookies much like shortbread, but infused with warm, fragrant ground cardamom and crunchy almonds.

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
12 almonds, split

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2 Stir butter and sugar together in a large bowl until smooth; stir in flour and cardamom until well blended.
3 Pinch off tablespoons of dough; roll into thin ropes. Join ends together into circles; place 1 almond half on seams where circles join. Place on the prepared cookie sheets.
4 Bake in the preheated oven, about 20 minutes. Cookies should remain white, but may turn golden at edges.