Ghriba Jeljlane

Crackled Moroccan sesame cookies with lemon zest.

Photo: Busenur Demirkan · Pexels License

Ingredients

• 200 g sesame seeds, toasted and ground
• 2 eggs
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 30 g butter, melted
• 100 g flour
• 120 g sugar, plus icing sugar to roll

How to make Ghriba Jeljlane

1. Mix everything to a soft dough and rest for 15 minutes.
2. Roll into balls, coat in icing sugar and flatten slightly.
3. Bake at 180 °C until crackled.