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Arabic Cardamom Shortbread (Gorayba)

A Lebanese dessert made with flour, ghee and pine nuts, baked in the oven.

40 min · Serves 50 · Easy

Makes
50
cookies

Ingredients

Time
Prep 30 min · Cook 10 min · 40 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    Melt ghee in a saucepan on the stove. Add icing sugar to ghee and mix till sugar is completely dissolved.

  2. 2

    Remove from heat. Add cardamom and gradually add in the flour and baking soda. Mix well. dough should not stick to your hand.

  3. 3

    Add more flour if necessary. Roll 1 tsp of dough at a time into balls. Place onto an oven tray, flatten slightly.

  4. 4

    Place a nut of your choice in the middle of each cookie. Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes, or until tops are cream.

    10 min

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