"Can you please make these cookies for me?” my better half asked me with a soft look, the one she saves for the times she wants something. “Which cookies?” I answer with an innocent look, continuing the game.
Category Archives: cookies
Ma’amoul – Date Cookies
Do you know those cookies that have already been eaten before they could even make it from the oven to the cooling net? Those that if one is not in the area when they are ready, there is a slim chance of getting any? At our home these were the Ma’amoul.
Ghriba cookies
It doesn't matter if you know them by Ghriba, Rayvah or Jrieva these cookies are addicting. When I make them I have to hide some so that my family won’t devour them before they are chilled. I can’t really remember the first time I ate them, it seems as if they were always there, part of my mom’s Shabbat cookies. Over time I forgot about them.
Tahini Cookies
"What cookies will you make this time?” my younger son asked when the cookie jar was almost empty. “I think I’ll make tahini cookies”. There was no mistake in his expression, “Tahini??” “yes” I answered, “you like Halva, right?” “yes” he said “well, tahini and halva are made out of the same ingredient, sesame”. “Ok” he answered and went to his room. What this “ok” really meant was something along the lines of: ugh, another one of my dad’s non-edible kitchen improvisations…
Sfenj
Just about all my childhood foods relate to Mom. She was the day to day cook. The kitchen was her domain and she ruled it with a firm hand. From time to time, mostly during holidays and specials occasions, Dad also entered the kitchen to prepare delicacies that were “his.” It’s not that Mom didn’t know how to make them, but these were dad’s dishes.
Riffaat – Moroccan tea biscuit
Moroccan tea biscuit – Riffaat
A few months ago, when some friends told us that they are coming to visit I fell into a baking mood. Although I do cook regularly, and some may say that I’m quite good at it, baking is a whole different ball game. However, friends were coming over and my mother always said, “you just can’t serve tea without cookies.” My mom had been gone a long time; my Dad is not with us either so where can I find a good cookie recipe? Luckily in one of my visits to Israel I met Aunt Dina, Uncle Moshe’s wife, who is known in the family for her baking talent, and she was willing to share with me the recipe for her… “cookies? I have an amazing recipe for you, easy as pie.”