Dessert
Ghraybah

Ghraybah

Libya

35Minutes
EasyLevel
8Serves
9Steps
About

Delicate Libyan melt-in-the-mouth shortbread cookies made from just butter, sugar and flour, pale and crumbly and often topped with an almond, made for Eid.

Equipment
  • Bowl
  • Baking tray
  • Oven
Ingredients
Butter or ghee, softened250 g
Icing sugar1 cup
Plain flour3 cups
Vanilla or orange blossom water1 tsp
Whole almonds (to top)24

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