Friday, September 12, 2008

Ramadan cookies

This morning, the cookie factory's been in full production mode. Aicha has promised her famous cookies to both her sister and a friend, and needs to make several kilos by the time the iftar begins this evening at sundown.

Aicha is amazingly adept at cookie-making. I got to try my hand at it, too -- it's never as easy as it looks. Yes, my cookie (held below by Aicha) is by far the fattest and most lumpy, and yes, it took two tries to get the dough rolled out properly. But, due to the high quality of the dough, and the care with which it was cooked (first in oil, then coated in honey and orange flower water), it might just end up tasting alright.

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