Kaak Me'me' ( Me'me''s Cookies)

 These cookies are not too sweet.........perfect with a cup of coffee or tea... good anytime of the day!

Ingredients:

  

500g Flour

500g Ferkha ( Fine Semolina)

400 g Butter

400g Sugar

250 ml Milk

1 Tbsp instant dried Yeast (= 30 g fresh yeast)

1 tsp Mahlab

1 tsp Miskeh (Mastic pound into powder with a bit of sugar)

1 tsp Ground Aniseed 

1 tsp Ground Nutmeg

1 tsp Ground Cloves

 Mix all ingredients together to make it into a soft dough. Cover with towel. Let it rest for ½hr- 1hr. Preheat oven to a gaz mark 6 or 400F. Roll into a long rope up to 1cm thick and cut it into pieces about 8cm long, join the edges into a circle shape or cut them into pieces around 6cm long and leave them straight. Place on greased or parchment paper lined baking tray. Bake in medium hot oven for 10-15 min or until cookies are golden.