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While baking ka'ak bil tamer, your home will get filled with that irresistible smell, you cannot resist but taste, even while they come warm out of the oven!!

INGREDIENTS

4 cups Flour

1 cup Caster Sugar

2 tsp. Baking Powder

a pinch of Vanilla

a pinch of Salt

200g Butter at room temperature

2 Eggs

METHOD

Remove seeds from the dates

Prepare the filling by kneading dates with the butter, knead and pureé into a smooth paste.

Split into walnut-sized balls and roll each into a rope. Set aside. You may use a piper to release the paste into the dough

Prepare the dough In a shallow bowl, add the flour, caster sugar, baking powder, salt, and vanilla, mix together then add the soft melted butter, rub the mixture between your palms until they are well mixed and becomes like sand. Add the eggs one at a time while kneading the dough with both hands, if it seems sticky you can add some flour, but keep it a little soft so you can form the rings.

Divide the dough into small sized balls and roll each to form a rope. Assemble the date paste pieces into the middle of the dough rope. Fold the dough using your fingers, bring the sides of the dough up over the date paste, pinching to enclose the filling. Cut the ropes to 10cm pieces, bring together each piece to make a ring, pinch ends together to seal.

      

Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Position the oven rack at the center of the oven. Place the rings on a baking pan, brush the top of each ring with a touch of egg yolk. Bake for around 12 to 15 minutes, brown the top for 1 minute.

That’s all it takes, now you have as much as 50 to 60 date rings, depending on how large or small you cut them.

 

More photos for different shapes of Ka'ak bil Tamer

                                                                           

 

Fluffy, light, and buttery that will satisfy your taste and your visitors' taste!!!

BRIOCHE ROLLS

INGREDIENTS

2 Eggs (yolks for coating the dough)

1 glass of warm water (200ml)

1 glass of warm Milk (200ml)

1 glass of Oil (125ml)

1 teaspoon of Salt

2 tablespoons of sugar (if you want more sweet, add sugar)

1 tsp. fresh yeast

About 800g of Flour (the texture of the dough should stick slightly to the finger)

125g soft Butter

Bake at 200, until golden.

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, combine water and milk. Add salt and sugar. Bring together with a few swift strikes by spatula. Now add the softened butter and the vegetable oil. Add the yeast and mix again. Gradually add the flour while folding with your hand, keep adding flour until the dough becomes elastic-like. Turn the dough out into a lightly greased bowl, cover, and let it rise for one hour.

Check the dough after one hour, it should be doubled in size, and feel jumpy to the touch.

Turn the dough to an oiled working surface, give the dough a square shape and scrub the square with pieces of butter all over, scrub and then fold one side of the dough to the middle, and with each fold scrub with butter until you have a rectangular shape. Fold the rectangular shape in half.

Cut the halfway folded dough into long ropes, making 9 ropes. Take each rope and fold halfway, then roll and attach the ends. Place the nine rolls on a greased oven pan or on wax paper, and coat each with egg yolk. Let the ropes rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours, depending on your weather. They should look puffy after the rest of the dough.

Bake in a preheated oven, at 200 degrees until golden in color. Remove from oven, looks so soft and has good smell, and while still hot coat with butter on top to give a shine, and sprinkle with sugar.

This is such a great recipe, all-natural healthy ingredients combined, and filled the house with the smell of spiced apples!!

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup Vegetable Oil

 2 cups All-Purpose Flour, spooned and leveled

1 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder

1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon

1 tbsp. Grated Fresh Ginger

1/2 tsp. Salt

1/2 cup Molasses

1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar

1 Large Egg

2 Apples, peeled and cut into half-inch pieces

1/2 cup walnuts, toasted

Confectioners’ sugar for serving
          
DIRECTIONS

Heat oven to 350° F. Oil a 9-inch round cake pan, and dust with flour.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, molasses, brown sugar, egg, ginger, and ½ cup hot water. Add to the flour mixture and whisk until just combined (do not over mix). Fold in the apples.
Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 30 minutes and then turn out onto a rack to cool completely. Before serving, dust with the confectioners’ sugar.

Note
This cake can also be coated with chocolate buttercream icing or with white glaze icing...