Ghraybeh

Name: Ghraybeh
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 58 min
Yield: 28 servings
Ingredients: 2.75 cup fat or ghee (≈ 3 uqiyas total (2 vegetable + 1 ghee), ~600 g); 2 cup fine sugar (≈ 2 uqiyas, ~400 g); 11 cup flour (≈ 7 uqiyas, ~1400 g); 0.875 cup almond fat (≈ 1 uqiya (14 tbsp), ~200 g)

These classic short ghraybeh biscuits are rich with mixed ghee and shaped from a very tender dough.

Prep 40 min · Cook 18 min · Total 58 min · Difficulty: medium

Servings

Ingredients

2 3/4 cup

fat or ghee — ≈ 3 uqiyas total (2 vegetable + 1 ghee), ~600 g

2 cup

fine sugar — ≈ 2 uqiyas, ~400 g

11 cup

flour — ≈ 7 uqiyas, ~1400 g

0.88 cup

almond fat — ≈ 1 uqiya (14 tbsp), ~200 g

Method

Sift the flour and set it aside. Rub the ghee and sugar together in one direction until the mixture feels lighter and airier.

Blend in the almond fat, then add enough flour to make a soft, shapeable dough.

Shape the biscuits and bake them in a moderate oven (about 325°F/160°C; not stated in the source), keeping them pale rather than deeply browned.

Notes

The dough should stay pale after baking.

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