Sekerpare

Ingredients:

Cookies:

• 2 sticks butter (at room temperature)
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 5 tbsp semolina
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 lemon or orange zest (optional)
• nuts for the top (preferably hazelnut)
• flour (2.5-3 cups)

Syrup:

• 3 cups sugar
• 4 cups water
• half a lemon juice

Preparation:

1. Start with preparing the syrup. Mix water and sugar in a pot. Add lemon juice and let the mixture boil for 7-8 minutes. Set it aside to cool down while making the cookies.
2. Mix butter, powdered sugar, semolina, eggs and vanilla; add flour (little by little) and baking powder to make soft dough.
3. Take walnut sized pieces from the dough and shape them into round balls; place them on a tray and put a nut on top of each one.
4. Bake cookies in a preheated oven at 350 degrees.
5. After removing the cookies from the oven, wait for 3 minutes and then pour the syrup on top of the cookies. Let them absorb the syrup until you serve.