Middle eastern pastries

Ghraybeh cookies are a popular Middle Eastern shortbread cookie made with 3 simple ingredients. Soft, buttery, and sweet, their melt-in-your-mouth texture and delicate flavor are unbelievably addicting for a treat the whole family will be excited to eat! One of our favorite foods to serve to guests during Ramadan, we grew up eating these cookies...

It's too bad that so many people are only familiar with Middle Eastern pastries that aren't so well made. If you sample them far from where they originate, often they're made with old or stale nuts, they've sat around too long in plastic packages, or the cheeses aren't exactly fresh. While it's true that some of them can be a bit sticky-sweet for Western tastes,

Fatayer is a Middle Eastern savory pastries that are stuffed with either cheese or meat. This recipe that I have here makes super soft melt in the mouth bread and we are in love with this recipe.

Qottab is a Persian pastry filled with walnuts is a delicious traditional treat from Iran. Flaky dough is filled with walnuts and cardamom.

This collection of the best middle eastern desserts will make your taste buds thank you! Middle Eastern cuisine has so much delicious food to offer and they also have some awesome desserts! This super delicious pistachio baklava is buttery, sweet, flakey, nutty, gooey.

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Tulumba is melt-in-your-mouth golden, syrup-soaked donuts. A Middle Eastern dessert perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth.

I have always had a soft spot for anything flavored with cinnamon and orange blossom water. You probably can tell by my addiction to baklawa. The aroma is quite literally heavenly, to me. It’s probably why i’m such a huge fan of ma’amoul. That, and the flaky and buttery cookie make these little du

Know your baklawa from your basma with our guide to Middle Eastern sweets, and where to find them in Australia.