Persian Treats Tea and Talk

Directions

Nokhodchi (Chickpea Flour Cookies)

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix the ghee and sugar until it is white and creamy

3. Add egg yolk, flour and cardamom, mix until the dough comes together, put it in a plastic bag and leave it in the fridge for 30 minutes or more.

4. Line baking tray with parchment paper.

5. Bring the dough out of fridge, do not knead it!

6. You can use a small cookie cutter or just make little balls Using palm of your hands, (3cm).

   If using a cookie cutter, roll out the dough on a floured surface until it is 1cm thick (the main shape of this cookie is clover).

7. Place them on the tray and bake them for 10-12 minutes

Toot Cookies (Almond Flour Cookes)

1. Mix almond flour and powdered sugar in a bowl using a spoon then add the cardamom

2. Gradually add rose water until your dough comes together.

3. Grab a small piece of dough (1/2tbsp), roll it into a ball and form a mulberry shape, roll it into the sugar and if you have any pistachio silver at home put it at the end of your cookie as a stem for a special touch.