1 1/8 cups butter or margarine 2 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 3 rounded tablespoons semolina 2/3 cup powdered sugar 1 rounded teaspoon European vanilla sugar 2 large eggs 4 cups water 2 1/4 cups sugar 1/2 fruit (2 3/8-inch diameter) lemon 25 to 30 almonds, or ?hazelnuts, for garnish
This traditional Turkish dessert is called ‘sekerpare’ (‘shek-EYR par-EH’), which means “a piece of sweetness.” Try some, and you’ll see why it’s exactly that. These sweet, sticky and tender cookies are made from semolina, flour and powdered sugar that are baked golden brown and left to steep in sweet, lemony syrup. Sekerpare is made in nearly every Turkish household, sold in every Turkish bakery and sweet shop and appears on nearly every Turkish restaurant menu. It is one of the most popular Turkish sweets after baklava.
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