Name: Sudanese Kahk – Sugar Coated Cookies By Taste Of South Sudan
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 50
Cuisine: Sudan Recipes
Ingredients: 8 cups Flour; 3 cups ghee; 1 cup plain yoghurt; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp baking powder; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; ½ tsp Salt; Icing sugar; 1 tbsp vanilla; 1 tbsp Anise; Additional optional flavorings for Kahk: fennel, ground cloves, mahlab,; 1 tsp Ground Cardamon

RatingDifficultyIntermediate

Sudanese Kahk - Sugar Coated Cookies By Taste Of South Sudan

Yields50 Servings

Prep Time1 hr 30 minsCook Time1 hrTotal Time2 hrs 30 mins

In Sudan and South Sudan that means it is time for baking home-made cookies and biscuits. All families indulge in this rite, and cookies are shared with friends, neighbors and guests. I will share a recipe for Sudanese Kahk- sugar coated cookies. These cookies are crumbly, flaky, not too sweet, and lightly dusted with icing sugar.

8 cups Floursifted

3 cups gheemelted

1 cup plain yoghurt

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

2 tbsp sesame seedsroast in oven for 10min

½ tsp Salt

Icing sugar

1 tbsp vanilla

1 tbsp Anise

Additional optional flavorings for Kahk: fennel, ground cloves, mahlab,

1 tsp Ground Cardamon