Nagham El Naggar Share Tips for Making Perfect Eid Kahk

Pasant Elzaitony

Kahk al-Eid, sugar-coated cookies, and petit four are among the popular seasonal desserts, and there is no doubt that it has steps to ensure its success.

Fashion Designer Nagham El Naggar has experience in preparing delicious desserts and attractively presenting them— which is also a hobby of hers.

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She did not hesitate to share with “See” her directions for making the perfect Kahk al-Eid, and petit four.

**Kahk

*Ingredients

1 cup ghee

400 grams of flour with a grain of salt

2 tsp. sesame

3-4 tsp of baking powder

1 tsp. yeast

1 tbsp of sugar

Half a cup of water or warm milk

A little rose water

* For filling

200gm Malban

Rose water

1 tbsp of ghee

2 tsp sesame

*Directors

- Add salt, sesame, and baking powder to the flour after sifting it.

2- Dissolve the yeast with sugar, water, and rose water.

3- Heat the ghee (do not flatten) and add the flour.

4- Rub the flour in the ghee several times until the ghee is absorbed for 8 minutes (and do not knead in this step).

5- Put warm water on the dough, rub the flour and do not knead.

6- Knead the dough by hand until it becomes easy to form. (You may need a few drops of water to make the dough easy to form.)

7- Leave the dough to rest for 10 minutes, to rest only not to proof the dough, then form the length, and put it into the oven.

8- In these minutes, rub the malban with rose water, sesame seeds, and a tbsp of ghee.

9- Shape the dough in small balls to be eligible for filling.

10- Bake the Kahk in a hot oven (about 180 degrees).

After the Kahk cools, sprinkle it with powdered sugar and enjoy.

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** Petit four

* Ingredients

2 cups of powdered sugar

4 cup of room temperature butter

6 eggs (3 whole yolks and 3 whole eggs) + vanilla

8 cups of flour

* Directions

1- Beat the sugar with the butter together until well blended.

2- Add the eggs and whisk it in the Stand Mixer, then by the flour to mixer bowl.

3- The dough is pided into two halves and the second parted is added cocoa powder and cinnamon.

We will have a half plain, half cocoa, and cinnamon, or just cocoa if you do not desire to add cinnamon, but know that it gives a very unique taste, however, removing the cinnamon optional.

4- It is formed immediately according to your taste.

5- Bake the Petit four in the oven (about 160 degrees).

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