Barazek Cookies

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    50mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    619
based on 1 ratings

Barazek is a delicious Syrian cookie with sesame seeds and crushed pistachios. It has a light and crisp texture. Have a small bowl of water to dip your hands in between coating your cookies to avoid too much mess!

recipe updated Jan 29, 2025

Ingredients

  • Butter icon
    Butter
    125 g
  • Sesame seeds icon
    Sesame seeds
    200 g
  • Pistachios icon
    Pistachios
    100 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    280 g
  • Active dried yeast icon
    Active dried yeast
    ½ teaspoon
  • Honey icon
    Honey
    2 tablespoons
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    200 g
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    250 g
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    150 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Jug
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Work surface

Step preview

  1. Add water and active dried yeast to a clean jug
  2. Mix until combined then set aside
  3. Pre-heat oven - 180°C
  4. Grease and line a clean baking tray with parchment paper
  5. Attach the Creaming Beater
  6. Add honey, sugar and water to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  7. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  8. Cook with splashguard fitted until sugar has dissolved - 2 min, 180°C, Stir 1
  9. Transfer syrup to small bowl and let cool
  10. Clean Cooking Chef bowl
  11. Attach the Creaming Beater
  12. Add all purpose flour, icing sugar and butter to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  13. Mix with splashguard fitted until combined - 30 sec, Speed 1
  14. Transfer yeast mixture to Cooking Chef XL Bowl gradually while machine is running
  15. Mix with splashguard fitted until combined - 1 min, Speed 1
  16. Add sesame seeds to a clean small bowl
  17. Add syrup to small bowl gradually
  18. Mix until combined
  19. Add pistachios to a clean small bowl
  20. Roll around 1 teaspoon of batter in your hands
  21. Press into the sesame seeds and flatten into a disk
  22. Flip over and press the other side into the chopped pistachios
  23. Transfer cookies to baking tray
  24. Flatten down as much as possible to create a crispy cookie
  25. Repeat the same with all the mixture
  26. Bake until golden brown - 25 min, 180°C
  27. Turn out onto cooling rack and let cool
  28. Serve
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