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The Rebbetzin Chef's Persian Walnut Cookies

Total Time
44 min
12m prep · 32m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

These rose-scented Persian cookies are delicately spiced. They're the perfect treat for Passover since they contain no flour. They are nutty, rich, and slightly chewy with a crunchy exterior.

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups finely ground walnuts
  • 0.75 cups white sugar
  • 4 large egg yolks , divided
  • 1 tablespoon ground cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon rose water
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • 0.5 cups walnut pieces for decoration

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

  2. 2

    Mix together ground walnuts, sugar, 3 egg yolks, cardamom, baking soda, and rose water in a medium bowl until well blended. Roll teaspoon-sized pieces of dough into balls and place 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.

  3. 3

    Whisk together remaining egg yolk and water using a fork. Press a walnut piece into each cookie, then brush with egg yolk glaze.

  4. 4

    Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 20 minutes. The cookies will appear soft and undercooked but they will harden considerably when cooled.

  5. 5

    Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheets for at least 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

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