Sekerpare

A delicious Ramadan dessert.

Ingredients:

For sekerpare dough:

• 1 cup butter (softened at room temperature)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 4 tablespoons semolina
• 2 tablespoons shredded coconut
• 2 eggs (at room temperature)
• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon bakıng powder

For syrup:

• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups water
• juice of half a lemon

Instructions:

1. While adding the flour gradually, mix all the dough ingredients to a soft dough. Take small cookie size pieces from dough, round and flatten them and put them on a cookie sheet. Bake in a pre-heated oven to 350°F for about 20-25 minutes.
2. For syrup, boil the sugar and water together in a sauce pan. 5 minutes after boiling add the lemon juice and let it boil for another few minutes. Let the liquid slightly cool down.
3. Let the baked sekerpares rest for 3 minutes. Pour the luke warm syrup over the warm sekerpares. Cover the tray until you serve the sekerpares.

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