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<\/p>\nA\u00a0 cross between a cookie and a bread! If you have 20 minutes to spare, make these\u00a0 soft cookies, they can be whipped up and baked directly!! They are low carb, sugar free, flourless and your appetite stays in control, suitable also for diabetics and won\u2019t raise your blood sugar level!<\/p>\n
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These are not your regular cookies, but lovely soft with a Middle Eastern twist! The star of the show here is the unique blend of the Middle Eastern spices: anise seeds, kaak spice and turmeric! Indeed the cookies are a reminiscent of Kaak Al Abbas. A bread like cookie that I grew up eating, and a fantastic recipe that appears in my\u00a0book<\/a>, it features the mentioned spices, but made with flour, so let\u2019s say that the low carb cookie in this post is the distant relative of kaak Al Abbas \u2013\u00a0 really satisfied my kaak Al Abbas craving while still kept me on keto.<\/p>\n The dough is made of almond meal, egg, coconut oil, tahini, sesame seeds, anise seeds, baking soda, almond extract, vanilla extract, sugar free sweetener and turmeric powder.\u00a0 Adding turmeric to sweets and desserts may sound odd to some cultures, but in Lebanon, turmeric is added to sweets as well, jus like the\u00a0Moufataka<\/a>\u00a0 dessert.<\/p>\n Transfer the engraved cookies to the prepared oven sheet, leaving a little space between the cookies.<\/p>\n Rest assured, these are still doable without a mold, dip the tines of the fork with water, and press into each cookie creating the grid-like cross hatches. For a crispy thin crust and a bit more crunchy, stretch out each dough with your wet hands to a thickness, 1\/8 inch thick, I personally prefer the thin version more.<\/p>\n Here the dough is hand stretched to a thickness of 1\/8 inch. The result is a crispier and crunchier cookies.<\/p>\n Here the cookies are stretched pretty thick, resulting in a cake-like texture.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hadiaslebanesecuisine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/aa.jpg\")
<\/p>\nWhat makes these bread like cookies special?<\/h2>\n
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Kaak al Abbas cookies have a special carved wooden mold to make them!<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nThe cookies are super easy to make, just fold up all the ingredients in a bowl and you will end up with a sticky dough!<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nWhat does tahini add to these cookies?<\/h2>\n
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\u00a0How to shape the sticky dough?<\/h2>\n
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