African cookies recipes

These whipped shortbread biscuits are rich, crisp, melt-in-the-mouth. Reminiscent of the Baker's Eet-Sum-Mor biscuits. And they only need pantry ingredients!

Crispy Coconut Cookies recipe by Indira Maharaj posted on 17 Apr 2021 . Recipe has a rating of 5.0 by 1 members and the recipe belongs in the Biscuits & Pastries recipes category

How to make Ghoriba Bahla, a Moroccan shortbread cookie with a distinctive cracked surface. Almonds and sesame add flavor and texture.

Are you a coffee lover then these South African coffee biscuits or cookies filled with coffee fudge filling will be your new favorite sweet

When I posted a collage of the dishes that didn't make it to the blog last year, the first requested recipe was the coconut cookies one.

This is one cookie recipe that just gets better with age!

Ethiopian Truffles Source: Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts (Andrews & McMeel Publishing, 1999 ed.), pg. 291. I don't know where the name originated but these macaroon-like cookies are delicious and fun to make. A pastry dough is wrapped around a mixture of almonds and chocolate. There is a distinct almond flavor from almond extract as well. This recipe appears in her first book and the baking temperature is not noted. After doing a search, I found the recipe online which stated 375 as…

These traditional Spice biscuits are known as 'outydse soetkoekies' in South Africa, meaning 'old fashioned sweet cookies'. They are deeply rooted in the South African baking heritage and is probably one of South Africa's most cherished biscuits. Don't let the simple title fool you though, they are ram-packed with flavour and make the perfect tea-dunking biscuit. Our recipe for spice biscuits is filled with the warm and aromatic tones of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.

A sweet treat usually made for the Eid holiday in Egypt, here's the recipe for how to make Egyptian Kahk cookies at home!

Crunchies are something a lot of South Africans grew up with, like Hershey’s Kisses in North America, or hot, roasted chestnuts in Europe. Yet, I never ever thought that they were in fact a p…