Lebanese Cookies
By: Anonymous
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 12:35am

Ingredients




 cup Cooking oil
1/2 cup Butter, softened
 cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Orange juice
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
2 cups All-purpose flour
3/4 cup Sugar
 cup Honey
 cup Finely chopped walnuts

Preparation

1 In mixer bowl, beat cooking oil into butter until blended, beat in sugar. 2 Add orange juice, baking powder and baking soda, mix well. Add flour, a little at a time, to make a soft dough. Shape dough into 2-inch ovals and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden. Cool pastries on rack. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the 3/4 cup sugar, honey and 1/2 cup water, bring to a boil, boil gently, uncovered for 5 minutes. Dip cooled pastries into the warm syrup. 3 Sprinkle immediately with nuts. Dry on wire rack.