BROWN BUTTER ROSE BAKLAVA COOKIES.

Baklava is one of those desserts that are super addictive, once you have one, you want to keep going! This rolled phyllo pastry desserts are a Middle Eastern specialty that are typically filled with pistachios, assorted nuts, drenched in butter and are glazed in a honey or rose simple syrup. I thought to myself wouldn’t it be interesting to add this delicious crunchy, nutty, honey dessert into a cookie? The brown butter in the sugar cookie dough complements the nuttiness of the baklava and a touch of rose water adds a floral dimension. Chopped pistachio, chopped walnut, rose petals and a heaping scoop of chopped baklava get mixed in to create a sweet, fudgy studded sugar cookie.

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STRAWBERRY, BLACK + WHITE SESAME NEAPOLITAN COOKIE.

Nutty toasty black and white sesame get paired with bright fruity strawberry in the loveliest sugar cookie dough! This riff off @sarah_kieffer Neapolitan cookie is inspired by halva, peanut butter jelly sandwiches and toasty nutty thick tahini.

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