Shirini Keshmeshi
Shirini Keshmeshi (Persian raisin cookies) is a traditional Persian cookie. To cook it, you need flour, sugar, raisins, and rosewater. It is an excellent choice as a dessert or in hosting parties.
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Servings: 4 people
Calories: 274kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup of butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon rosewater (Golab)
- ¾ cup of sugar
- 4 eggs
- ⅓ cup flour
- 2 cup sraisin (regular size of raisins would be more suitable than jumbo ones)
Instructions
- Turn on the oven and preheat it at 150C.
- Grab a bowl and combine the butter, vanilla, sugar, and rosewater in it.
- And the eggs one by one and mix them until you have a smooth dough.
- Fold in your raisin.
- Pout in your flour a bit at a time.
- Refrigerate your prepared dough for at least 15 min.
- Scoop the dough and make some small balls. The size of a ping-pong ball is suitable.
- Put your dough balls on the cookie sheet with wax paper.
- Place them on the tray with plenty of room between them because they will spread out a lot.
- Bake them for 15-20 minutes and check them if they are golden brown on edge.
- Take them out of the oven.
- Let them cool for almost 10 minutes.
- Remove them from the cookie sheet.
- Serve your cookies and enjoy them.
Notes
Uniqop`s advice
- You can make some changes in the color of the cookies by adding some brewed saffron and make a golden yellow color.
- The dough of Shirini Keshmeshi would surlily spread out a bit. So make sure you leave enough room between them when you drop the spoon of them on the cookie sheet.
- You can use margarine instead of unsalted butter. But never use vegetable or coconut oil because those kinds of oil, change the texture and taste of the cookies.
- If you want to store some of these cookies, put them in an airtight container in a dry and cool place. You can keep them for three days without staling with this keeping method.
- Don`t forget that Serving a cup of fresh brewed Persian tea of a cup of milk or cocoa milk along with this cookie makes it more and more pleasant in the evening.
Nutrition
Serving: 100g | Calories: 274kcal