Kahk

Name: Kahk
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Soudan du Sud
Ingredients: 200 g wheat flour: 190 g dough and 10 g rolling; 80 g melted then lukewarm ghee; 60 g plain pasteurised yoghurt; 15 g granulated sugar; 20 g icing sugar for finishing; 10 g already toasted plain sesame seeds; 4 g baking powder; 2 ml food-grade vanilla extract; 1 g salt

🍪 Twenty small round ghee, yoghurt and sesame cookies lightly powdered with sugar.

Ingredients

200 g wheat flour: 190 g dough and 10 g rolling
80 g melted then lukewarm ghee
60 g plain pasteurised yoghurt
15 g granulated sugar
20 g icing sugar for finishing
10 g already toasted plain sesame seeds
4 g baking powder
2 ml food-grade vanilla extract
1 g salt

Preparation

Reserve rolling flour. Mix remaining 190 g with granulated sugar, sesame, baking powder and salt.

Mix lukewarm melted ghee with yoghurt and vanilla; add dry ingredients without long kneading.

Cover and refrigerate thirty minutes. Preheat conventional oven 180 °C and line tray.

Roll about 5 mm thick using reserved flour. Cut twenty small discs, gently rework scraps without extra flour.

Bake eighteen to twenty minutes until cooked and edges lightly golden. Rest five minutes on tray then at least fifteen more on rack until cold.

Distribute measured 20 g icing sugar over cold cookies. Serve two per portion, no filling or nuts.