Ingredients: 5-6 cups all purpose flour 1 cup finely chopped walnuts 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 tbsp. ground anise seed 3 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp. ground cloves 2 cups vegetable oil 1 3/4 cups sugar 1 cup orange juice 1/4 cup brandy Zest of one orange Method: Using a mixer, beat the oil […]

Ingredients: 2 cups of flour (or more) 1/2 tsp of baking powder 2 tsp of corn starch 6 tbsp of Cognac 1/2 lb of unsalted butter 1/2 cup of sugar 2 eggs 2 cups of caned apricots 4 dried figs 1/3 of cup raisins Rind from 1 orange 1 cup of apricot jam 1 tbsp […]

Dough Ingredients: 2 1/2 cup of fine semolina 1/2 a cup of flour 1 cup of olive oil 1 pack of unsalted butter 1 cup of sugar 1/4 cup of brandy or cognac 1/4 cup of fresh orange juice 2 tbsp of orange zest 1 tsp of baking soda Syrup Ingredients: 1 cup of honey […]

Ingredients: 2 kilos of flour 1 tsp of salt 2 tbsp of dry yeast 1 cup of lukewarm warm water 1 cup of warm red dry wine 1/2 a cup of olive oil 1/2 a cup of orange juice 1/4 cup of brandy 2 tsp of grated orange zest 1 1/2 cup of sugar (1 […]

Ingredients: 5 cups or 450g Plain Flour 1 tbsp baking powder 1 cup of Mazola oil or 250g unsalted butter 1/2 a cup100g caster sugar 1 cup of toasted almonds roughly crushed 2 egg yolks 1 tsp vanilla powder 1 tsp of baking soda 4 tbsp brandy Rose water 2-3 cups of icing sugar (for […]

Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups of flour for all uses 3 tsp of baking powder 1/2 tsp of powder cinnamon 1/4 tsp of powder carnation 1/4 tsp of nutmeg 1/2 tsp of salt 1/4 tsp of powder vanilla 1/2 cup of unsalted butter 3/4 cup of brown sugar (crude) 2 eggs 3/4 cup of milk 1/2 […]

Ingredients: 1 lb of ground Almonds 1 cup of Sugar 5 tbsp Semolina 1 lb icing Sugar 1.5 cups of Orange Flower Water 30 whole Cloves Butter for lining baking sheets Flour for lining baking sheets Method: Place the grounded almonds, sugar, semolina, and 6 tablespoons of the orange flower water in a large mixing […]

Ingredients: 3 kilos of ripped figs 2 kilos of sugar 1/2 a kilo of crushed walnuts A handful of crushed pine nuts 1/2 a cup of lemon juice Method: Pour some water in a large pot and bring it to boil. As soon as the water boils remove it from the heat. Cut the stems […]

INGREDIENTS: 200gr white flour 50gr peeled almonds 50gr walnuts 50gr sesame 150gr honey (thyme fed) 3 eggs METHOD: Crush the almonds and walnuts well. Grind the sesame. Preheat the oven to 200oC. Beat the eggs with the honey and slowly add the flour and all the other ingredients, beating constantly. Grease a cake pan and […]

In older times, traditional sweets were made from the boiled thick grape juice which apart from honey was the only other available sweetener. Such sweet grape products were especially made in village clusters that produced grapes in abundance. In 1801 Clarke noted that, “perhaps there is no part in the world where the vine yields such […]