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                   Ghorayebah (Bracelets of the Queen)

Recipe By     : Malvina W. Liebaman
Serving Size  : 40   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Jewish

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      c             Unsalted butter
   1      c             Sugar
   2      c             Flour -- unsifted
                        Pistachios -- chopped

Quote from Author:

"These cookies are sometimes served during the Purim holiday to
 represent the bracelets of Queen Esther. The nuts are the gems.
 Cookies made of this dough are common in the Middle East. A similar
 dough is used for cookies in Viennese baking."

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Cream the butter until it looks almost white. Add the sugar gradually
and beat until the mixture is very smooth and very creamy.

Add the flour gradually until a dough is formed, then knead by hand
as flour is added. The dough remains very soft. If it is too soft to
handle, add just a bit more flour.

Roll in pieces about 5" long and 1/2" thick. Press ends together to
make bracelets.

Place on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with the chopped pistachio
nuts.

Bake for about 25 minutes. Watch carefully. They should not brown at
all. Even slight browning spoils the characteristic taste.

Recipe FROM: Jewish Cookery from Boston to Baghdad, 1975


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